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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






3. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






4. One that shapes the whole person






5. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






6. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






7. 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






8. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






10. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






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






12. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






13. 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






14. Consisted of subjects






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






16. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






17. World is an emanation of God's own being






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






19. 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






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






21. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






22. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






23. 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






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






25. Started naturalism






26. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






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






29. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






30. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






31. 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






32. 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






33. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






35. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






37. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






38. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






39. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Knowledge most worth having






45. 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






46. 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;






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






48. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






49. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






50. Experience is reality; activity-based