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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
theistic wing of existentialism
Aristotle
Epistemology
self-knowledge
2. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
reason for sending child to public school
logic
Experimentalist view of education
sole true end of education
3. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?
Isocrates
liberation to truth
Epistemology
Abraham Lincoln
4. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
responsibility theory
Athens
existentialist view of education
Protagorean rationale for general education
5. World is an emanation of God's own being
criticism of latin
Integrated Education
Neo-Platonism
hairsplitting
6. A harmful type of multiculturalism?
particularism
empirical analytics
Family
hubris
7. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?
value neutrality
Golden Mean and habit
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
atheistic wing of existentialism
8. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
Allegory of the Cave
philosophical idealist
reason
only adequate education
9. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains
Euthydemus
rejected
responsibility theory
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
10. Not just liberation from falsehood but...
postmodernity
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Platonic concept of education
liberation to truth
11. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
There are some rich schools - some middle-income schools - and some poor schools
collective Christian mind
general education
12. 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
Order of Trivium
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
embrace them intellectually
13. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church
Middle Ages
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
Naturalist aim of education
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
14. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems
happiness
active
Golden Mean and habit
postmodernist theory of education
15. Academic freedom does not mean _______
Blessing
Criticism of existentialism
metaphysics
Strict neutrality
16. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
Plato's division of human decisions
Platonic concept of education
synthetic
self-knowledge
17. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
philosophical analysis
Thracians
value neutrality
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
18. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life
experiential
linguistic descriptions
Antidosis
flute
19. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
worldview
Quadrivium
multiculturalism
casuity
20. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
philosophy
Memorabilia
matter
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
21. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Individual Christian mind
Amish
idealist theory of education
Theology
22. 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
Monkey Trial
Socrates
existentialism
hairsplitting
23. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric
happiness
trivium
analysis
Lyceum
24. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices
Jacques Derrida
Plato
value neutrality
actuality
25. Human person is a spiritual or rational being
Antidosis
Against the Sophists
consumerism
idealist metaphysics
26. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
critique of great texts of western world
arete
division of controversial issues
actuality
27. Socrates' ultimate goal
innoculation method
Blessing
virtue
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
28. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being
Arabasis
flute
Order of Trivium
theistic wing of existentialism
29. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
Thracians
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Republic
Against the Sophists
30. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
normative philosophy of education
Arabasis
Protestant Reformation
31. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
preciseness
Isocrates
worldview
Dorian music
32. Most famous multiculturalist project
Isocrates
Thracians
critique of great texts of western world
Hindu Patheism
33. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato
pragmatism
Aristotle
Sparta
aesthetics
34. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?
descriptive
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
state
35. Two categories of axiology
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
ethics and aesthetics
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
36. 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
3 basic approaches to dealing with false philosophy in classroom
Tenure
confidence
Protestant Reformation
37. A specific body of info every American should know
experiential
tradition of liberal arts education
cultural literacy
leaner-centered approach
38. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
sauromatides
goal of liberal education
axiology
39. 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
descriptive
Theology
Golden Mean and habit
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
40. 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
postmodernism
flute
ordinary language analysis
confidence
41. World is permeated by divine essence
logic
dialectic
value neutrality
Hindu Patheism
42. Rational structure of Christian thought
dogmatic theory
Nicomachean Ethics
Euthydemus
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
43. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
Euthydemus
pragmatism
logic
California and Texas
44. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
socratic method
Isocrates
Socrates
liberal education and career training
45. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively
quadrivium
descriptive
Isocrates
socialization theories
46. 3 traditional philosophies of education
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
controlled transaction
Experimentalist values
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
47. What do Americans have the most of in education?
criticism of latin
Hindu Patheism
confidence
education - purificaton - and intellectual enjoyment
48. Kant's general form of moral law
vocational training
transcendential idealism
division of controversial issues
categorical imperative
49. 1600s; get to truth through science
modernity
Plato's division of human decisions
a subject matter and an activity
Outmoded
50. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization
Stanford University Students
happiness
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
Republic