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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






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






3. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






4. 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






5. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






7. Started naturalism






8. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






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






10. What was created to protect academic freedom?






11. What the medievals are criticized for






12. 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






13. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






14. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






15. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






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






17. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






18. The 'love of wisdom'






19. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






21. Concept of the beautiful






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






23. All knowledge is derived from the senses






24. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






25. 'What is good?'






26. Knowledge most worth having






27. Categories of philosophy as an activity






28. World is permeated by divine essence






29. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






30. Good and evil in constant battle






31. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






32. 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






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






34. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






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






36. What is the building block of civilization?






37. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






38. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






39. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






40. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






41. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






42. Martin Luther; John Calvin






43. 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






44. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






45. Experimentalist students are to be both:






46. Encourages individual choice






47. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






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






49. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






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