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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






3. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






4. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






5. 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






6. Technology is not always a __________.






7. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






8. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






9. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






10. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






11. Started naturalism






12. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






13. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






14. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






15. Rational structure of Christian thought






16. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






17. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






18. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






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






20. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






21. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






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






23. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






24. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






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






26. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






27. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






28. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






29. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






30. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






31. World is permeated by divine essence






32. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






33. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






34. Stress self-expression






35. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






36. 'Man is the measure of all things'






37. Use women more as slaves






38. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






40. No God






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






42. 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






43. 'What is good?'






44. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






45. 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






46. List of works that have always been studied






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






48. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






49. Quintessential educated medieval person






50. 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