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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?
Peterson
virtue
existence precedes essence
form
2. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living
consumerism
Abraham Lincoln
Athens and Sparta
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
3. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity
potentiality
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
experimentalist aesthetic view
Leisure
4. A specific body of info every American should know
confidence
rhetoric
cultural literacy
California and Texas
5. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Hellenica
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
Xenophon
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
6. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
Quadrivium
theoretical issues
Essence
ordinary language analysis
7. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
in the home
pragmatism
national government
Experimentalist view of education
8. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Aristotle
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
reader-response theory
theistic wing of existentialism
9. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
categorical imperative
Arabasis
consumerism
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
10. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?
ethics and aesthetics
in the home
descriptive
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
11. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
experiential
self-knowledge
Republic
pure secularism
12. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
critique of great texts of western world
existence precedes essence
Canon
13. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
multiculturalism
organized knowledge
idealist theory of education
Antidosis
14. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation
general education
active
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
famous attack of medievals
15. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
idealist metaphysics
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
analysis
Monkey Trial
16. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'
state
Stanford University Students
Plato
Sophists
17. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
descriptive
general education
practical issues
Isocrates
18. Good and evil in constant battle
Memorabilia
normative
innoculation method
Cosmic dualism
19. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
goal of empiricism
Epicurus
dialectic
Trivium and Quadrivium
20. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
Protagorean rationale for general education
reason for sending child to public school
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
21. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning
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22. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
goal of empiricism
experiential
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
23. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
Thracians
Isocrates
Theology
normative philosophy of education
24. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
California and Texas
casuity
socialization theories
ethics and aesthetics
25. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
idealist theory of education
existentialist view of education
Neil Postman
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
26. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
transcendential idealism
Hindu Patheism
Isocrates
existentialist view of education
27. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
Politics
practical issues
Republic
state
28. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
self-knowledge
metaphysics
29. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
up
Kant and George Berkeley
Naturalist aim of education
30. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
self-knowledge
socratic method
idealist theory of education
preciseness
31. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
vocational training
Outmoded
innoculation method
tradition of liberal arts education
32. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
Protagoras
Sigmund Freud
ethics
Naturalism vs. Christianity
33. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
Golden Mean and habit
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
controlled transaction
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
34. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
critique of great texts of western world
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Neil Postman
35. 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
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Liberally educated person
difference between leisure and amusement
Cosmic dualism
36. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Naturalist aim of education
Nicomachean Ethics
philosophical analysis
Aristotle
37. Two main philosophers of idealism
Kant and George Berkeley
leaner-centered approach
synthetic
form
38. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
worldview
atheistic wing of existentialism
trivium
Abraham Joshua Heschel
39. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous
Key elements of Greek education
criticism of latin
rejected
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
40. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends
organized knowledge
socialization theories
Theology
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
41. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?
happiness
national government
linguistic descriptions
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
42. 'Man is the measure of all things'
a subject matter and an activity
Trivium and Quadrivium
empirical analytics
Protagoras
43. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
paideia
conceptual mapping
liberal education and career training
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
44. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Monkey Trial
Panathenaicus
Plato's division of human decisions
Athens
45. Academic freedom does not mean _______
sole true end of education
Strict neutrality
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
criticism of latin
46. 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
Laws
postmodernity
hairsplitting
Athens
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
Abraham Joshua Heschel
up
Athens
metaphysics
48. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
collective Christian mind
reason for sending child to public school
philosophical analysis
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
49. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia
liberation to truth
Laws
goal of liberal education
controlled transaction
50. Capability to change in certain ways
descriptive
Against the Sophists
ages that Trivium should be used
potentiality