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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Consisted of subjects






2. What is the building block of civilization?






3. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






4. Theoretical issues and practical issues






5. Martin Luther; John Calvin






6. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






8. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






9. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






10. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






11. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






12. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






13. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






14. 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






15. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






16. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






17. Philosophy is both...?






18. Aspect which makes something tangible






19. 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






20. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






21. Good and evil in constant battle






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






23. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






24. Technology is not always a __________.






25. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






26. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






27. Academic freedom does not mean _______






28. 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






29. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






30. To teach men how to learn for themselves






31. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






32. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






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






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






35. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






36. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






37. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






38. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






39. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






40. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






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






42. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






43. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






44. 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






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






46. Two main philosophers of idealism






47. 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






48. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






49. Categories of philosophy as an activity






50. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living