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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Categories of philosophy as an activity
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
liberal learning
Dead White European Male
difference between leisure and amusement
2. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object
paideia
Canon
existentialist aesthetics
analysis
3. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning
xenophon
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
Great defect in modern education
Nicomachean Ethics
4. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving
consumerism
Sparta
aesthetics
hubris
5. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason
preciseness
analysis
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
Criticism of existentialism
6. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
California and Texas
aesthetics
vocational training
a healthy Christian theism
7. Portion of being
ethics and aesthetics
flute
Protagoras
actuality
8. Socrates' ultimate goal
noetic powers
virtue
cognitive-stage theories
analytic philosophy
9. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War
liberal education and career training
Hellenica
quadrivium
experimentalist aesthetic view
10. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language
Aristotle
famous attack of medievals
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
11. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.
virtue
Outmoded
existentialist aesthetics
idealist value theory
12. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia
Nicomachean Ethics
Xenophon
epitome of postmodern person
experiential
13. Father of History
up
philosophy
Herodotus
philosophical analysis
14. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
Platonic concept of education
Middle Ages
responsibility theory
idealist value theory
15. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains
Experimentalist values
general education
normative
responsibility theory
16. Encourages individual choice
Blessing
existentialism
postmodernist aesthetics
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
17. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
Thracians
postmodernist aesthetics
philosophical idealist
Sigmund Freud
18. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
axiology
Epicurus
naturalism
Modernity
19. Experimentalist students are to be both:
local government
philosophical idealist
First Amendment activists
mirror of society and critic of society
20. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important
postmodernist aesthetics
Allegory of the Cave
descriptive
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
21. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
dogmatic theory
existentialist aesthetics
Memorabilia
naturalistic cosmotogies
22. 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
sauromatides
embrace them intellectually
Antidosis
Quadrivium
23. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?
pragmatism
difference between leisure and amusement
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
ethics
24. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Family
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
xenophon
25. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
Tenure
liberation to truth
Experimentalist values
Isocrates
26. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value
up
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Peterson
Experimentalist values
27. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
Naturalism
controlled transaction
postmodernity
28. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero
Euthydemus
critique of great texts of western world
Isocrates
categorical imperative
29. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?
philosophy
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
truth from narratives and story-telling
multiculturalism
30. Two categories of axiology
ethics and aesthetics
naturalistic cosmotogies
Plato
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
31. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
practical issues
Hellenica
Great defect in modern education
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
32. 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
arete
Panathenaicus
metaphysics
hairsplitting
33. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible
responsibility theory
First Amendment activists
tradition of liberal arts education
Sophists
34. 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
Panathenaicus
experiential
empirical analytics
criticism of latin
35. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Athens
Sophists
ordinary language analysis
pure secularism
36. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
Middle Ages
quadrivium
existence precedes essence
descriptive
37. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language
postmodernity
Athens
Stanford University Students
Peterson
38. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
value neutrality
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
tradition of liberal arts education
Epicurus
39. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
revelation
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Euthydemus
40. 3 traditional philosophies of education
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
maturational theories
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
existentialism
41. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?
ages that Trivium should be used
quadrivium
hubris
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
42. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'
ordinary language analysis
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
vocational training
Xenophon
43. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions
division of controversial issues
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
synthetic
naturalism
44. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:
Zeno
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Theology
experimentalist aesthetic view
45. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times
Neo-Platonism
Sophists
Against the Sophists
Protestant Reformation
46. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved
postermodernist literary ideas
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Republic
Leisure
47. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
Aristotle
goal of liberal education
experimentalist aesthetic view
Integrated Education
48. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education
Quadrivium
normative philosophy of education
dialectic
experiential
49. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
goal of liberal education
innoculation method
Athens and Sparta
sauromatides
50. 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
Golden Mean and habit
Against the Sophists
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Stanford University Students