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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Knowledge most worth having






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






4. What the medievals are criticized for






5. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






7. How was ancient Greece divided?






8. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






9. What medievals focused on






10. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






11. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






12. Children born from 1981-1999






13. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






14. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






15. Father of History






16. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






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






19. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






20. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






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






23. 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






24. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers


25. Use women more as slaves






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






27. 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






28. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






29. 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)






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






31. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






32. World is permeated by divine essence






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






34. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






35. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






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






37. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






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






39. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






40. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






41. 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






42. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning


48. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






49. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






50. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends