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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






3. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






4. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






6. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






8. One that shapes the whole person






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






10. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






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






12. What do Americans have the most of in education?






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






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






15. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






16. Knowledge most worth having






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






18. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






19. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






20. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






21. 'What is good?'






22. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






24. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






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






26. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






27. 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






28. Socrates' ultimate goal






29. All knowledge is derived from the senses






30. World is permeated by divine essence






31. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






32. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






33. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






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






36. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






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






39. 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






40. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






41. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






42. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






43. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






44. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






45. 1600s; get to truth through science






46. What is the building block of civilization?






47. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






48. Stress self-expression






49. Use women more as slaves






50. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important