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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






2. 3 traditional philosophies of education






3. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Rational structure of Christian thought






9. 'What is valuable?'






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






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






12. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






13. Two categories of axiology






14. 'Man is the measure of all things'






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






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






17. 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






18. Experimentalist students are to be both:






19. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






20. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






21. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






22. Consisted of subjects






23. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






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






26. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






27. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






28. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






29. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






30. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






32. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






34. Aspect which makes something tangible






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






40. Technology is not always a __________.






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






42. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






44. Two main philosophers of idealism






45. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






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






48. Children born from 1981-1999






49. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






50. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?