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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






2. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






4. 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






5. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






6. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






7. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






8. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






9. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






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






12. Started naturalism






13. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






14. 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






15. 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






16. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






18. 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






19. General ideas about education and their logical implications






20. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






21. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






22. Two categories of axiology






23. 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






24. What Greeks mostly focused on






25. Kant's general form of moral law






26. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






27. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






28. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






30. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






31. Two main philosophers of idealism






32. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






33. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






34. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






35. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






36. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






37. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






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






39. 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






40. Use women more as slaves






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






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






43. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






44. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






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






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






48. Good and evil in constant battle






49. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






50. Aspect which makes something tangible