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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






2. Two categories of axiology






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






4. Use women more as slaves






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






6. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






8. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






9. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






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. List of works that have always been studied






12. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






13. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






14. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






15. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






16. 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






17. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






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






19. Rational structure of Christian thought






20. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






21. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






22. General ideas about education and their logical implications






23. Philosophy is both...?






24. Nature of any given thing






25. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






27. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






28. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






29. Knowledge most worth having






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






31. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






32. Experience is reality; activity-based






33. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






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






35. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






37. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






38. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






39. Started naturalism






40. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






41. 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






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






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

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






45. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






46. 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






47. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






48. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






50. It is a dead language