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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






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






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






4. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






5. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






6. World is permeated by divine essence






7. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






9. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






10. Children born from 1981-1999






11. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






12. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






13. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






14. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






15. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






17. Martin Luther; John Calvin






18. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






19. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






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






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






22. Theoretical issues and practical issues






23. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






24. 'What is good?'






25. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






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






27. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






29. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






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






32. It is a dead language






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






34. Stress self-expression






35. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






36. 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






37. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






38. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






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






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






41. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






42. Music should be studied with a view to what?






43. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






45. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






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






47. 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






48. Consisted of subjects






49. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






50. 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