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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
axiology
form
cultural literacy
fundamental part of teaching
2. Rational structure of Christian thought
dogmatic theory
theoretical issues
philosophical idealist
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
3. Consisted of subjects
Kant and George Berkeley
Aristotle
self-knowledge
Quadrivium
4. 3 traditional philosophies of education
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
innoculation method
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Nicocles
5. 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
truth from narratives and story-telling
Isocrates
hubris
Modernity
6. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
Arabasis
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
categorical imperative
philosophical analysis
7. 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
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Plato
Republic
modernity
8. No God
theoretical issues
collective Christian mind
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Naturalism vs. Christianity
9. Socrates' ultimate goal
Athens and Sparta
postmodernist aesthetics
virtue
Strict neutrality
10. 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?'
Key elements of Greek education
Sophists
national government
paideia
11. Quintessential educated medieval person
organized knowledge
cognitive
ethics and aesthetics
scholastic
12. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
postmodernist aesthetics
empirical analytics
Against the Sophists
Antidosis
13. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay
linguistic descriptions
John Dewey
pragmatism
Monkey Trial
14. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
innoculation method
tradition of liberal arts education
worldview
cultural literacy
15. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?
theoretical issues
metaphysics
Epistemology
epitome of postmodern person
16. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
organized knowledge
pragmatism
Nicocles
17. All knowledge is derived from the senses
Allegory of the Cave
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Experimentalist view of education
empiricism
18. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
Nicocles
liberal learning
self-knowledge
Plato's division of human decisions
19. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
analytic philosophy
Republic
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
in the home
20. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
postermodernist literary ideas
Experimentalist values
Isocrates
value neutrality
21. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
matter
Lyceum
Protagoras
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
22. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
idealist metaphysics
in the home
pragmatism
Naturalist aim of education
23. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
Individual Christian mind
Politics
Sir Francis Bacon
trivium
24. Started naturalism
idealist value theory
Strict neutrality
Platonic concept of education
Sir Francis Bacon
25. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
Panathenaicus
naturalistic cosmotogies
Sparta
Individual Christian mind
26. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness
John Dewey
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
preciseness
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
27. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
empiricism
Modernity
postmodernism
postmodernity
28. What is the building block of civilization?
First Amendment activists
naturalism
Family
Socratic method
29. 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
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Justice and meritocracy
Plato
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
30. Theoretical issues and practical issues
normative philosophy of education
division of controversial issues
rhetoric
dogmatic theory
31. 'Man is the measure of all things'
goal of liberal education
cultural literacy
Protagoras
Thomistic realism
32. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
naturalism
conceptual mapping
dialectic
Epicurus
33. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?
up
multiculturalism
difference between leisure and amusement
practical side (CDE pattern)
34. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being
synthetic
theistic wing of existentialism
cultural literacy
Amish
35. How was ancient Greece divided?
experimentalist aesthetic view
Plato
division of controversial issues
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
36. Two main philosophers of idealism
dogmatic theory
Sophists
Stanford University Students
Kant and George Berkeley
37. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education
Dead White European Male
philosophy
Integrated Education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
38. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
Leisure
existence precedes essence
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
linguistic descriptions
39. 'What is good?'
theoretical issues
ethics
X Generation
vocational training
40. 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
practical issues
ordinary language analysis
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
socratic method
41. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
metaphysics
metaphysics
theoretical issues
descriptive
42. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric
ages that Trivium should be used
liberal education and career training
trivium
Family
43. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
Middle Ages
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Leisure
socratic method
44. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Memorabilia
Republic
experimentalist aesthetic view
truth from narratives and story-telling
45. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
Theology
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
rejected
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
46. General ideas about education and their logical implications
Arabasis
Socrates
naturalism
theoretical issues
47. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless
Modernity
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
liberation to truth
ideal language analysis
48. Father of History
religious zealots
Key elements of Greek education
Herodotus
a healthy Christian theism
49. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
collective Christian mind
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
religious zealots
epitome of postmodern person
50. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
complete moral education
existentialist view of education
Lyceum
leaner-centered approach