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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






3. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






4. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






5. 'What is good?'






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






7. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






9. No God






10. 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;






11. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






12. 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






13. 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






14. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






16. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






17. World is permeated by divine essence






18. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






19. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






20. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






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






22. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






23. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






24. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






26. 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)






27. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






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






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






31. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






33. Learning is...






34. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






35. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






36. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






37. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






38. 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






39. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






40. Children born from 1981-1999






41. 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






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






43. Started naturalism






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






45. Consisted of subjects






46. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






47. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






48. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






49. What is the building block of civilization?






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