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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. General ideas about education and their logical implications






2. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






3. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






4. Consisted of subjects






5. Technology is not always a __________.






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






7. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






8. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






9. What the medievals are criticized for






10. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






11. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






12. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






13. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






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






16. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






17. Two main philosophers of idealism






18. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






19. Most famous multiculturalist project






20. Categories of philosophy as an activity






21. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






22. 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






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






24. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






25. Quintessential educated medieval person






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

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27. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






28. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






29. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






30. How was ancient Greece divided?






31. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






32. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






34. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






35. 'What is valuable?'






36. Concept of the beautiful






37. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






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






39. A specific body of info every American should know






40. World is permeated by divine essence






41. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






42. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






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






44. Stress self-expression






45. 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






46. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






47. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






48. 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






49. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






50. 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