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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Capability to change in certain ways
theistic wing of existentialism
Zeno
potentiality
Against the Sophists
2. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving
Integrated Education
Epistemology
Sparta
Sir Francis Bacon
3. What was created to protect academic freedom?
Tenure
Middle Ages
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Amish
4. 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
happiness
practical side (CDE pattern)
John Dewey
Peterson
5. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
Socratic method
Dorian music
liberation to truth
6. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
Theology
Protagoras
cultural literacy
rejected
7. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students
idealist theory of education
Epistemology
matter
reader-response theory
8. Portion of being
actuality
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
metaphysics
aesthetics
9. 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
a subject matter and an activity
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
atheistic wing of existentialism
Experimentalist values
10. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Antidosis
Tolkein approach
pure secularism
Outmoded
11. Experimentalist students are to be both:
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
mirror of society and critic of society
undergraduate schools
Quadrivium
12. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
confidence
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Republic
transcendential idealism
13. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Protagoras
innoculation method
goal of empiricism
Aristotle
14. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
rhetoric
experimentalist aesthetic view
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
trivium
15. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
in the home
Politics
local government
Canon
16. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
socialization theories
Antidosis
Amish
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
17. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music
quadrivium
Kant and George Berkeley
experimentalist aesthetic view
Experimentalist aesthetics
18. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?
Peterson
flute
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
transcendential idealism
19. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
reader-response theory
Protagoras
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Abraham Joshua Heschel
20. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object
atheistic wing of existentialism
existentialist aesthetics
Zeno
Blessing
21. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
Sigmund Freud
general education
Essence
self-knowledge
22. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
a healthy Christian theism
Panathenaicus
Leisure
hubris
23. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
theistic wing of existentialism
philosophy of education
fundamental part of teaching
criticism of latin
24. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here
Nicocles
Zeno
Epicurus
Antidosis
25. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
only adequate education
Sigmund Freud
metaphysics
Family
26. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
Socrates
collective Christian mind
philosophical analysis
Trivium and Quadrivium
27. Learning is...
active
experiential
Isocrates
normative
28. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains
Lyceum
virtue
responsibility theory
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
29. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Naturalist aim of education
conceptual mapping
multiculturalism
Zeno
30. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?
Kant and George Berkeley
X Generation
subjective idealism
Amish
31. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
idealist value theory
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Monkey Trial
socratic method
32. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Hellenica
Individual Christian mind
Epicurus
theistic wing of existentialism
33. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
Allegory of the Cave
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
local government
Experimentalist aesthetics
34. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
analysis
Blessing
cognitive
philosophy as a subject matter
35. All knowledge is derived from the senses
Canon
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
empiricism
socratic method
36. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
reason for sending child to public school
pragmatism
ordinary language analysis
arete
37. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
logic
Epicurus
socialization theories
Republic
38. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
postmodernism
Cosmic dualism
Isocrates
experiential
39. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
scholastic
metaphysics
Peterson
existentialist aesthetics
40. Started naturalism
Sir Francis Bacon
state
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
existence precedes essence
41. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
Neo-Platonism
Laws
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
existentialism
42. Categories of philosophy as an activity
Individual Christian mind
Zeno
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
43. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
Neo-Platonism
liberal learning
xenophon
rhetoric
44. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
famous attack of medievals
Plato's division of human decisions
Latin
analysis
45. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation
worldview
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Herodotus
religious zealots
46. 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
naturalism
Materialism
tradition of liberal arts education
Athens
47. Consisted of subjects
Justice and meritocracy
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
Quadrivium
existentialist view of education
48. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
division of controversial issues
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Thomistic realism
Stanley Fish
49. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
Peterson
Neo-Platonism
idealist metaphysics
tradition of liberal arts education
50. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand
idealist theory of education
Euthydemus
Antidosis
Aristotle