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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?
Neil Postman
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
Peterson
Laws
2. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
famous attack of medievals
a healthy Christian theism
socratic method
Postmodernity educational practice
3. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
Great defect in modern education
vocational training
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
theistic wing of existentialism
4. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
Thracians
Theology
undergraduate schools
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
5. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
ages that Trivium should be used
analytic philosophy
Blessing
Platonic concept of education
6. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related
xenophon
hallmark of liberal arts education
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
Stanley Fish
7. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
reason for sending child to public school
liberal education and career training
Isocrates
8. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
Modernity
ethics
Isocrates
state
9. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
ideal language analysis
Abraham Lincoln
liberal learning
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
10. 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
analysis
Sparta
Golden Mean and habit
Republic
11. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
postmodernism
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
conceptual mapping
matter
12. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
only adequate education
general education
Neo-Platonism
13. Technology is not always a __________.
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Liberally educated person
cognitive
Blessing
14. 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
Platonic concept of education
Jacques Derrida
Protagoras
self-knowledge
15. Portion of being
Stanley Fish
existentialism
hubris
actuality
16. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
Dorian music
Arabasis
Aristotle
idealist theory of education
17. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught
Tolkein approach
noetic powers
sole true end of education
complete moral education
18. List of works that have always been studied
Canon
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
Abraham Joshua Heschel
matter
19. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
xenophon
naturalistic cosmotogies
experiential
20. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Isocrates
modernity
state
Arabasis
21. 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
sauromatides
critique of great texts of western world
fundamental part of teaching
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
22. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains
hubris
naturalistic cosmotogies
happiness
responsibility theory
23. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
normative
Postmodernity educational practice
linguistic descriptions
rejected
24. 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
pragmatism
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
Pluralism
Athens
25. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
cognitive
ideal language analysis
California and Texas
normative
26. 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
axiology
local government
consumerism
existentialism
27. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand
Antidosis
postmodernism
Experimentalist aesthetics
collective Christian mind
28. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety
Athens and Sparta
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
metaphysics
epitome of postmodern person
29. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
criticism of latin
postmodernist aesthetics
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
trivium
30. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis
flute
general education
Laws
xenophon
31. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition
noetic powers
existence precedes essence
Aristotle
dogmatic theory
32. How was ancient Greece divided?
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
hallmark of liberal arts education
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
33. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
famous attack of medievals
Lyceum
a subject matter and an activity
active
34. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay
religious zealots
Monkey Trial
Protagoras
Criticism of existentialism
35. It is a dead language
Justice and meritocracy
Aristotle
criticism of latin
analytic
36. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
cognitive-stage theories
existentialist view of education
multiculturalism
37. 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
Laws
sole true end of education
only adequate education
Nicocles
38. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired
Republic
Experimentalist values
Experimentalist aesthetics
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
39. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness
Blessing
John Dewey
dogmatic theory
philosophical idealist
40. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation
critique of great texts of western world
religious zealots
trivium
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
41. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
First Amendment activists
Arabasis
collective Christian mind
Isocrates
42. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students
Memorabilia
idealist theory of education
philosophical analysis
Protagoras
43. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
analytic philosophy
famous attack of medievals
Plato
Outmoded
44. 'What is valuable?'
axiology
division of controversial issues
Neil Postman
postmodernist theory of education
45. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
ages that Trivium should be used
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
hubris
liberation to truth
46. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
socialization theories
form
existence precedes essence
Aristotle
47. 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
metaphysics
actuality
Stanford University Students
arete
48. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
religious zealots
reason for sending child to public school
atheistic wing of existentialism
postmodernity
49. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
modernity
analytic philosophy
Experimentalist values
transcendential idealism
50. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts
analytic philosophy
theoretical issues
Tolkein approach
postmodernity