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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Essence
philosophical analysis
2. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems
postmodernist theory of education
existentialism
hubris
Middle Ages
3. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text
Socratic method
reader-response theory
Antidosis
general education
4. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
Postmodernity educational practice
quadrivium
postermodernist literary ideas
liberation to truth
5. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
value neutrality
existentialism
Xenophon
practical issues
6. Technology is not always a __________.
Blessing
consumerism
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
experiential
7. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
particularism
Hindu Patheism
postmodernist aesthetics
8. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
ideal language analysis
Epistemology
idealist value theory
synthetic
9. Experimentalist students are to be both:
Plato
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Family
mirror of society and critic of society
10. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Quadrivium
self-knowledge
11. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Athens
happiness
famous attack of medievals
Monkey Trial
12. Two main philosophers of idealism
Kant and George Berkeley
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Middle Ages
postmodernity
13. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
noetic powers
Abraham Lincoln
existentialist view of education
Naturalism vs. Christianity
14. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being
categorical imperative
postmodernism
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
theistic wing of existentialism
15. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?
truth from narratives and story-telling
aesthetics
Neo-Platonism
actuality
16. Aspect which makes something tangible
arete
matter
Middle Ages
Neil Postman
17. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
liberation to truth
philosophy
normative philosophy of education
18. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
only adequate education
Liberally educated person
ordinary language analysis
tradition of liberal arts education
19. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
Arabasis
Leisure
John Dewey
dialectic
20. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
postmodernity
Hellenica
virtue
collective Christian mind
21. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger
reason for sending child to public school
Laws
idealist value theory
paideia
22. Good and evil in constant battle
Latin
Protestant Reformation
Cosmic dualism
empiricism
23. Encourages individual choice
tradition of liberal arts education
existentialism
maturational theories
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
24. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
metaphysics
practical issues
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
25. Nature of any given thing
Plato's division of human decisions
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
truth from narratives and story-telling
Essence
26. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
practical issues
dogmatic theory
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Protagorean rationale for general education
27. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
worldview
Experimentalist values
Memorabilia
Protagoras
28. Kant's general form of moral law
transcendential idealism
categorical imperative
Latin
flute
29. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse
Socrates
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Allegory of the Cave
a subject matter and an activity
30. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
Stanley Fish
Platonic concept of education
flute
conceptual mapping
31. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
Memorabilia
Protagorean rationale for general education
Nicomachean Ethics
32. 'Man is the measure of all things'
empiricism
Neil Postman
Protagoras
metaphysics
33. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
Athens
philosophical idealist
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
34. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?
Canon
collective Christian mind
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Sir Francis Bacon
35. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'
Key elements of Greek education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
trivium
36. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
multiculturalism
ordinary language analysis
cognitive-stage theories
37. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
leaner-centered approach
self-knowledge
Republic
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
38. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical
Naturalism
metaphysics
cultural literacy
existentialist view of education
39. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)
existentialism
Tolkein approach
philosophy
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
40. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being
value neutrality
empiricism
paideia
form
41. A healthy type of multiculturalism?
philosophy of education
in the home
Pluralism
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
42. 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
dogmatic theory
ideal language analysis
Aristotle
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
43. World is permeated by divine essence
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Hindu Patheism
Epicurus
in the home
44. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
Antidosis
Tolkein approach
postermodernist literary ideas
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
45. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
revelation
Naturalist aim of education
dialectic
fundamental part of teaching
46. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
existence precedes essence
undergraduate schools
Neil Postman
Middle Ages
47. Stress self-expression
paideia
maturational theories
Nicomachean Ethics
X Generation
48. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'
controlled transaction
aesthetics
axiology
Middle Ages
49. Martin Luther; John Calvin
Aristotle
existentialist aesthetics
Protestant Reformation
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
50. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?
value neutrality
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
Plato and the arts
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis