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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






2. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






3. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






4. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






5. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






6. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






7. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






8. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






9. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






10. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






11. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






12. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






13. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






14. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






15. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






16. Rational structure of Christian thought






17. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






18. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






19. Nature of any given thing






20. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






21. Learning is...






22. List of works that have always been studied






23. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






24. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






25. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






26. Portion of being






27. Knowledge most worth having






28. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






29. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






30. One that shapes the whole person






31. What do Americans have the most of in education?






32. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






33. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






34. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






35. General ideas about education and their logical implications






36. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






37. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






38. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






39. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






40. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






41. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






42. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






43. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






44. 1600s; get to truth through science






45. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






46. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






47. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






48. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






49. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






50. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship