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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






10. Two main philosophers of idealism






11. 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






12. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






13. Consisted of subjects






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






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






16. What was created to protect academic freedom?






17. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






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






19. Stress self-expression






20. Started naturalism






21. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






23. Kant's general form of moral law






24. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






25. 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






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






27. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






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






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






30. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






31. Capability to change in certain ways






32. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






34. What is a 'DWEM'?






35. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






36. What do Americans have the most of in education?






37. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






38. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






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






40. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






41. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






42. 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






43. Use women more as slaves






44. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






45. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






46. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






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






49. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






50. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?