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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






2. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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3. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






5. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






6. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






7. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






8. Categories of philosophy as an activity






9. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






10. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






11. Father of History






12. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






13. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






14. 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






15. Knowledge most worth having






16. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






17. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






18. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






20. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






21. Experimentalist students are to be both:






22. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






23. Children born from 1981-1999






24. Started naturalism






25. Nature of any given thing






26. 3 traditional philosophies of education






27. Aspect which makes something tangible






28. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






29. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






30. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






31. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






32. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






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






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






35. 'Man is the measure of all things'






36. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






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






38. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






39. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






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






42. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






43. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






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






45. Good and evil in constant battle






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






47. What was created to protect academic freedom?






48. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






49. Consisted of subjects






50. How was ancient Greece divided?