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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?
Socratic method
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
John Dewey
pragmatism
2. Two categories of axiology
Plato
ordinary language analysis
ethics and aesthetics
postermodernist literary ideas
3. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
normative philosophy of education
maturational theories
Golden Mean and habit
postmodernist aesthetics
4. Use women more as slaves
X Generation
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
Epistemology
Thracians
5. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?
Strict neutrality
Kant and George Berkeley
X Generation
aesthetics
6. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
casuity
Aristotle
experimentalist aesthetic view
Justice and meritocracy
7. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
preciseness
Cosmic dualism
Neil Postman
8. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
embrace them intellectually
scholastic
liberation to truth
tradition of liberal arts education
9. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race
hubris
Naturalist aim of education
Liberally educated person
metaphysics
10. 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
postmodernism
pure secularism
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
cognitive
11. List of works that have always been studied
Canon
cultural literacy
First Amendment activists
Aristotle
12. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
Epistemology
conceptual mapping
Sigmund Freud
reason for sending child to public school
13. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
existentialist view of education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
national government
Hindu Patheism
14. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods
Tolkein approach
practical issues
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Cosmic dualism
15. A healthy type of multiculturalism?
Pluralism
Theology
conceptual mapping
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
16. 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
Athens
idealist metaphysics
complete moral education
Politics
17. 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
Order of Trivium
transcendential idealism
John Dewey
Strict neutrality
18. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
form
state
cultural literacy
Herodotus
19. Rational structure of Christian thought
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
naturalism
liberation to truth
dogmatic theory
20. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay
Monkey Trial
Tenure
Stanford University Students
existence precedes essence
21. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Republic
existentialist aesthetics
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
22. General ideas about education and their logical implications
theoretical issues
Protagoras
Aristotle
tradition of liberal arts education
23. Philosophy is both...?
a subject matter and an activity
Liberally educated person
Memorabilia
Naturalist aim of education
24. Nature of any given thing
Tolkein approach
division of controversial issues
Epicurus
Essence
25. A harmful type of multiculturalism?
existentialist aesthetics
particularism
conceptual mapping
theistic wing of existentialism
26. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.
naturalism
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
liberation to truth
Epistemology
27. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
naturalism
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
famous attack of medievals
difference between leisure and amusement
28. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
liberation to truth
hubris
postmodernism
famous attack of medievals
29. Knowledge most worth having
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
categorical imperative
self-knowledge
Cosmic dualism
30. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
Tenure
Outmoded
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
31. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
goal of empiricism
normative philosophy of education
Lyceum
Arabasis
32. Experience is reality; activity-based
pragmatism
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
scholastic
sauromatides
33. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
Neil Postman
Antidosis
existence precedes essence
philosophical analysis
34. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Great defect in modern education
responsibility theory
Laws
Athens
35. What is a 'DWEM'?
Dead White European Male
analysis
Epicurus
practical side (CDE pattern)
36. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
sole true end of education
postermodernist literary ideas
actuality
Arabasis
37. 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
Athens
Antidosis
casuity
paideia
38. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'
matter
rejected
scholastic
Plato
39. Started naturalism
embrace them intellectually
socialization theories
Politics
Sir Francis Bacon
40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
theoretical issues
actuality
socialization theories
rejected
41. 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
analysis
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
ethics
Golden Mean and habit
42. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
multiculturalism
religious zealots
cognitive
Republic
43. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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44. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
Postmodernity educational practice
logic
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
existentialist view of education
45. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought
hairsplitting
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
linguistic descriptions
X Generation
46. 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
difference between leisure and amusement
Criticism of existentialism
practical side (CDE pattern)
Zeno
47. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War
existentialist aesthetics
John Dewey
Hellenica
Middle Ages
48. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Naturalism
Justice and meritocracy
general education
49. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist
Jacques Derrida
Experimentalist values
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
active
50. It is a dead language
Plato
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
criticism of latin