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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






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






3. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






5. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






6. World is an emanation of God's own being






7. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






8. Nature of any given thing






9. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






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






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






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






13. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






14. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






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






16. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






17. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






18. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






19. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






20. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






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






22. All knowledge is derived from the senses






23. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






24. Experience is reality; activity-based






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






26. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






27. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






28. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






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






30. Stress self-expression






31. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






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






34. Rational structure of Christian thought






35. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






36. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






38. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






39. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






40. 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






41. What was created to protect academic freedom?






42. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






43. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






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






46. 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






47. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






48. No God






49. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






50. Most famous multiculturalist project