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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






3. Capability to change in certain ways






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






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






6. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






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






8. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






9. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






10. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






12. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






13. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






14. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






16. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






17. 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






18. 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






19. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






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






21. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






22. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






24. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






25. 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






26. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






27. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






28. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






29. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






30. What is the building block of civilization?






31. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






32. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






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






35. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






36. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






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






38. 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






39. Socrates' ultimate goal






40. 'What is good?'






41. 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






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






43. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






44. 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






45. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






46. Martin Luther; John Calvin






47. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






48. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






49. Nature of any given thing






50. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue







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