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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






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. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






4. 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






5. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






7. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






8. Consisted of subjects






9. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






10. Most famous multiculturalist project






11. What the medievals are criticized for






12. Categories of philosophy as an activity






13. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






14. 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






15. 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






16. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






17. 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






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






19. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






20. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






22. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






23. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






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






27. 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






28. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






29. Kant's general form of moral law






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






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






32. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






33. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






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






35. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






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






37. Martin Luther; John Calvin






38. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






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






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






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






42. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






43. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






44. Learning is...






45. Capability to change in certain ways






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






47. 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?'






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






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






50. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness







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