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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
existentialism
general education
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
happiness
2. Children born from 1981-1999
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
postermodernist literary ideas
naturalism
Naturalism
3. 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
Thracians
famous attack of medievals
ordinary language analysis
4. What Sayers says is the best language to learn
ethics
mirror of society and critic of society
Latin
dialectic
5. General ideas about education and their logical implications
Zeno
tradition of liberal arts education
atheistic wing of existentialism
theoretical issues
6. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
Nicocles
Arabasis
trivium
Athens
7. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge
postmodernist aesthetics
local government
Protagorean rationale for general education
transcendential idealism
8. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
only adequate education
flute
ideal language analysis
9. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being
reason
controlled transaction
paideia
local government
10. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools
critique of great texts of western world
experiential
Tenure
Thoreau
11. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
transcendential idealism
Allegory of the Cave
normative
value neutrality
12. Rational structure of Christian thought
idealist metaphysics
Isocrates
Key elements of Greek education
dogmatic theory
13. Nature of any given thing
postmodernist theory of education
virtue
Essence
Peterson
14. 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
Abraham Lincoln
Thracians
Politics
Athens
15. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
flute
Laws
postermodernist literary ideas
16. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
Epicurus
pragmatism
hubris
Thomistic realism
17. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
responsibility theory
Euthydemus
multiculturalism
fundamental part of teaching
18. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
responsibility theory
Protagoras
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Blessing
19. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing
undergraduate schools
Golden Mean and habit
Nicomachean Ethics
worldview
20. Started naturalism
trivium
Sir Francis Bacon
Against the Sophists
dogmatic theory
21. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?
vocational training
Hindu Patheism
Dorian music
up
22. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
rhetoric
Protagoras
confidence
up
23. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth
Trivium and Quadrivium
Nicocles
postermodernist literary ideas
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
24. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
fundamental part of teaching
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
pure secularism
Sophists
25. A specific body of info every American should know
matter
naturalistic cosmotogies
ordinary language analysis
cultural literacy
26. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
transcendential idealism
Experimentalist values
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
truth from narratives and story-telling
27. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Individual Christian mind
categorical imperative
Against the Sophists
28. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable
Aristotle
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
metaphysics
Jacques Derrida
29. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
existentialist view of education
pure secularism
Athens
30. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Isocrates
worldview
Experimentalist values
31. The 'love of wisdom'
controlled transaction
philosophy
Antidosis
naturalism
32. Capability to change in certain ways
Kant and George Berkeley
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
existentialism
potentiality
33. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)
Plato
idealist value theory
Integrated Education
existentialism
34. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
Plato's division of human decisions
naturalism
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
Tenure
35. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Criticism of existentialism
mirror of society and critic of society
casuity
36. What medievals focused on
cultural literacy
philosophy as a subject matter
revelation
Modernity
37. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
metaphysics
theistic wing of existentialism
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
38. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects
ages that Trivium should be used
metaphysics
Antidosis
liberal learning
39. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
value neutrality
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Neo-Platonism
Protagorean rationale for general education
40. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought
subjective idealism
Athens and Sparta
reason
Plato's division of human decisions
41. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
pure secularism
normative
idealist value theory
42. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
pragmatism
normative philosophy of education
Hindu Patheism
dialectic
43. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
dogmatic theory
Cosmic dualism
Outmoded
hairsplitting
44. Encourages individual choice
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Allegory of the Cave
existentialism
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
45. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just
form
Justice and meritocracy
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Key elements of Greek education
46. Music should be studied with a view to what?
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
Kant and George Berkeley
dialectic
Aristotle
47. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
philosophical idealist
pragmatism
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
synthetic
48. A healthy type of multiculturalism?
quadrivium
Socrates
goal of empiricism
Pluralism
49. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process
responsibility theory
Hindu Patheism
embrace them intellectually
Sigmund Freud
50. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
tradition of liberal arts education
rejected
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