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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. 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;






4. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






5. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






6. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






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






8. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






9. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






10. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






11. 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






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






13. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






14. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






15. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






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






18. 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






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. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






22. Stress self-expression






23. 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






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






25. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






26. World is an emanation of God's own being






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






28. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






29. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning


30. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






31. Technology is not always a __________.






32. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






33. 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






34. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






35. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






36. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






37. To teach men how to learn for themselves






38. What medievals focused on






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






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






41. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






42. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






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






44. Consisted of subjects






45. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






47. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






49. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






50. Martin Luther; John Calvin