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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






4. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






6. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






7. Philosophy is both...?






8. Theoretical issues and practical issues






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






10. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






11. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






12. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






13. Stress self-expression






14. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






15. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






16. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






17. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






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






19. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






20. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






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






23. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






24. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






25. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






26. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






27. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






28. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






30. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






32. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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






34. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






36. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






37. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






38. Consisted of subjects






39. Quintessential educated medieval person






40. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






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






43. Technology is not always a __________.






44. Children born from 1981-1999






45. World is permeated by divine essence






46. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






47. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






48. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






49. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






50. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment