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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true
Panathenaicus
cognitive
naturalism
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
2. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being
Xenophon
metaphysics
Socrates
leaner-centered approach
3. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization
form
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
matter
socratic method
4. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Criticism of existentialism
philosophy as a subject matter
experimentalist aesthetic view
5. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous
Middle Ages
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
critique of great texts of western world
socialization theories
6. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
Order of Trivium
state
experimentalist aesthetic view
Pluralism
7. One that shapes the whole person
aesthetics
subjective idealism
only adequate education
Xenophon
8. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Memorabilia
Isocrates
Panathenaicus
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
9. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?
national government
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Aristotle
local government
10. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend
Thracians
analytic
aesthetics
goal of liberal education
11. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason
Criticism of existentialism
postmodernity
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
happiness
12. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
happiness
Isocrates
Blessing
existentialism
13. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric
Family
cultural literacy
trivium
Zeno
14. What the medievals are criticized for
hairsplitting
naturalistic cosmotogies
difference between leisure and amusement
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
15. All knowledge is derived from the senses
cognitive-stage theories
dialectic
empiricism
Xenophon
16. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'
Justice and meritocracy
empirical analytics
noetic powers
metaphysics
17. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
postmodernist theory of education
national government
Experimentalist aesthetics
18. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
experiential
analytic
Canon
California and Texas
19. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre
ethics and aesthetics
existentialism
pragmatism
analytic
20. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
reader-response theory
Protagoras
Individual Christian mind
rejected
21. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization
metaphysics
Athens
Stanford University Students
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
22. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
Liberally educated person
Naturalism
socialization theories
Justice and meritocracy
23. 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
Xenophon
Quadrivium
Platonic concept of education
analytic philosophy
24. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
Jacques Derrida
postmodernist theory of education
Thoreau
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
25. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
paideia
philosophical idealist
26. 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
pragmatism
existentialism
Protagoras
goal of empiricism
27. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)
Modernity
existentialism
reason
epitome of postmodern person
28. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
trivium
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
religious zealots
Nicocles
29. How was ancient Greece divided?
general education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
categorical imperative
30. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers
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31. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments
naturalistic cosmotogies
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
dialectic
Naturalist aim of education
32. 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
Hellenica
idealist theory of education
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
philosophy of education
33. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music
Experimentalist values
quadrivium
in the home
revelation
34. 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
in the home
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Socrates
Great defect in modern education
35. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger
normative
Laws
Pluralism
subjective idealism
36. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
embrace them intellectually
cognitive-stage theories
Herodotus
Thoreau
37. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
existentialist aesthetics
form
Great defect in modern education
Athens
38. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Isocrates
Criticism of existentialism
pure secularism
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
39. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?
reader-response theory
up
hallmark of liberal arts education
reason for sending child to public school
40. Music should be studied with a view to what?
liberal learning
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Modernity
41. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Trivium and Quadrivium
experimentalist aesthetic view
Xenophon
Panathenaicus
42. 3 traditional philosophies of education
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
value neutrality
form
43. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
up
Peterson
Thomistic realism
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
44. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it
form
Thomistic realism
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
axiology
45. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation
Golden Mean and habit
Epistemology
religious zealots
Modernity
46. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as
value neutrality
analysis
Plato
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
47. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
undergraduate schools
Stanley Fish
paideia
axiology
48. List of works that have always been studied
Canon
existence precedes essence
xenophon
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
49. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
socratic method
Key elements of Greek education
50. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
Stanley Fish
self-knowledge
Thomistic realism
postmodernity