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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






3. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






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






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






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






7. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






8. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






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






10. One that shapes the whole person






11. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






12. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






13. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






14. Academic freedom does not mean _______






15. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






16. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






17. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






18. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






19. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






20. Portion of being






21. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






22. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






23. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






24. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






25. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






26. Stress self-expression






27. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






28. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






29. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






30. What medievals focused on






31. Consisted of subjects






32. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






33. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






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






35. To teach men how to learn for themselves






36. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






37. 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






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






39. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






40. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






41. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






43. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






44. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






45. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






46. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






48. Philosophy is both...?






49. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






50. Application of ethical principles in particular instances