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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






2. Concept of the beautiful






3. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






4. 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






5. Socrates' ultimate goal






6. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






7. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






8. 1600s; get to truth through science






9. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






10. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






11. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






12. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






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






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






15. It is a dead language






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






17. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






19. Two categories of axiology






20. Encourages individual choice






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






22. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






23. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






25. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






27. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






28. 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






29. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






30. Music should be studied with a view to what?






31. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






32. 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






33. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






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






35. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






36. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






37. 3 traditional philosophies of education






38. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






39. Categories of philosophy as an activity






40. Capability to change in certain ways






41. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






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






43. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






44. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






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






46. Nature of any given thing






47. Philosophy is both...?






48. What medievals focused on






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






50. 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