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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






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






3. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






4. Philosophy is both...?






5. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






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






7. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






8. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






9. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






10. 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






11. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






12. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






13. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






14. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






19. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






21. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






22. 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






23. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






24. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






25. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






27. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






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






30. 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






31. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






32. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






33. Consisted of subjects






34. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






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






36. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






37. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






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






39. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






40. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






41. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






42. Father of History






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






44. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






45. Nature of any given thing






46. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






47. 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?'






48. 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






49. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






50. All knowledge is derived from the senses







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