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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Children born from 1981-1999






2. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






3. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






4. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






5. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






6. What the medievals are criticized for






7. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






9. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






10. Portion of being






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






12. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






13. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






14. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






15. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






16. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






17. Academic freedom does not mean _______






18. 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






19. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






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






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






22. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






24. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






25. 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






26. What is a 'DWEM'?






27. Use women more as slaves






28. Nature of any given thing






29. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






30. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






31. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






32. Consisted of subjects






33. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






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






35. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






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






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






38. Theoretical issues and practical issues






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






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. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






42. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






43. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






44. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






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






46. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






47. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






48. 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






49. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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