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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. To teach men how to learn for themselves
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Zeno
sole true end of education
idealist metaphysics
2. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
Arabasis
only adequate education
maturational theories
logic
3. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
theistic wing of existentialism
Tenure
ordinary language analysis
postmodernity
4. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization
Latin
socialization theories
Stanford University Students
Republic
5. 'What is good?'
existentialist aesthetics
existentialism
ethics
socratic method
6. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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7. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
philosophy
dogmatic theory
metaphysics
Laws
8. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
Pluralism
goal of empiricism
Laws
Dead White European Male
9. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
normative
happiness
Blessing
10. Two categories of axiology
ethics and aesthetics
idealist value theory
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Thoreau
11. No God
matter
Naturalism vs. Christianity
quadrivium
Tenure
12. Concept of the beautiful
aesthetics
X Generation
logic
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
13. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Neil Postman
trivium
Isocrates
14. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
synthetic
naturalism
critique of great texts of western world
Justice and meritocracy
15. What is a 'DWEM'?
Strict neutrality
postmodernism
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Dead White European Male
16. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
Thoreau
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
ordinary language analysis
17. 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
Xenophon
Protestant Reformation
Antidosis
practical issues
18. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
First Amendment activists
form
existentialism
Nicocles
19. What the medievals are criticized for
in the home
hairsplitting
hubris
Lyceum
20. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
modernity
naturalistic cosmotogies
existence precedes essence
value neutrality
21. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises
mirror of society and critic of society
Postmodernity educational practice
Socrates
preciseness
22. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training
Lyceum
multiculturalism
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
mirror of society and critic of society
23. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
liberal learning
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Sigmund Freud
24. Nature of any given thing
Aristotle
Plato
pragmatism
Essence
25. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
Trivium and Quadrivium
consumerism
liberation to truth
Sigmund Freud
26. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War
Hellenica
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
existentialism
actuality
27. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
philosophical analysis
active
idealist theory of education
Isocrates
28. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
Experimentalist aesthetics
metaphysics
dialectic
hallmark of liberal arts education
29. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
idealist theory of education
Naturalism
preciseness
30. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?
casuity
local government
Sophists
potentiality
31. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
Experimentalist aesthetics
organized knowledge
hubris
collective Christian mind
32. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Naturalism
33. How was ancient Greece divided?
Blessing
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Latin
up
34. Consisted of subjects
Quadrivium
revelation
Great defect in modern education
organized knowledge
35. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
Kant and George Berkeley
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
Nicomachean Ethics
synthetic
36. What is the building block of civilization?
Family
consumerism
Athens
flute
37. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
Dead White European Male
Essence
Abraham Lincoln
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
38. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
Isocrates
up
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Neil Postman
39. What do Americans have the most of in education?
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
confidence
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
40. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind
Aristotle
general education
liberal learning
logic
41. 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
happiness
normative philosophy of education
Quadrivium
difference between leisure and amusement
42. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice
Against the Sophists
idealist value theory
rejected
Socrates
43. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
Arabasis
metaphysics
religious zealots
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
44. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse
Aristotle
a subject matter and an activity
Socrates
idealist metaphysics
45. What was created to protect academic freedom?
Tenure
casuity
responsibility theory
Aristotle
46. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
Abraham Joshua Heschel
famous attack of medievals
theistic wing of existentialism
Athens
47. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero
Plato and the arts
California and Texas
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
Isocrates
48. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this
active
Modernity
Euthydemus
Dorian music
49. Learning is...
postmodernist aesthetics
Thomistic realism
active
Memorabilia
50. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
Politics
organized knowledge
Essence
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