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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






2. Children born from 1981-1999






3. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






4. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






5. General ideas about education and their logical implications






6. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






7. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






9. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






10. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






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






12. Rational structure of Christian thought






13. Nature of any given thing






14. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






15. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






16. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






17. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






18. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






19. 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






20. Started naturalism






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






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






23. 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






24. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






25. A specific body of info every American should know






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






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






28. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






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






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






31. The 'love of wisdom'






32. Capability to change in certain ways






33. 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)






34. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






36. What medievals focused on






37. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






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






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






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






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






43. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






44. Encourages individual choice






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






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






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






48. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






49. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






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







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