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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. What is a 'DWEM'?
Dead White European Male
pragmatism
Kant and George Berkeley
ideal language analysis
2. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Middle Ages
Naturalism
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Individual Christian mind
3. 'What is good?'
Republic
existentialism
Stanley Fish
ethics
4. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience
arete
modernity
X Generation
Politics
5. Portion of being
value neutrality
actuality
Neo-Platonism
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
6. Knowledge most worth having
Theology
embrace them intellectually
self-knowledge
philosophy as a subject matter
7. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
in the home
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Protestant Reformation
leaner-centered approach
8. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
dialectic
Hindu Patheism
Hellenica
Plato
9. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms
Protestant Reformation
Experimentalist view of education
philosophical analysis
confidence
10. 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
value neutrality
Trivium and Quadrivium
epitome of postmodern person
Order of Trivium
11. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things
Abraham Lincoln
fundamental part of teaching
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
philosophical idealist
12. Martin Luther; John Calvin
Protestant Reformation
Abraham Lincoln
Aristotle
Experimentalist values
13. Socrates' ultimate goal
hubris
Essence
rhetoric
virtue
14. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?
self-knowledge
multiculturalism
existentialist aesthetics
theistic wing of existentialism
15. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as
Plato
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
Latin
philosophy of education
16. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question
truth from narratives and story-telling
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
empirical analytics
First Amendment activists
17. 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
postermodernist literary ideas
atheistic wing of existentialism
Nicocles
Antidosis
18. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences
Politics
Zeno
Tenure
ages that Trivium should be used
19. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?
up
rejected
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
Kant and George Berkeley
20. 3 traditional philosophies of education
active
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
preciseness
form
21. 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
mirror of society and critic of society
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
Aristotle
Athens
22. 'What is valuable?'
reader-response theory
Postmodernity educational practice
Athens
axiology
23. 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
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Tenure
Panathenaicus
Canon
24. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview
Panathenaicus
synthetic
Republic
maturational theories
25. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law
Zeno
X Generation
goal of empiricism
matter
26. How was ancient Greece divided?
Plato
Naturalism
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
tradition of liberal arts education
27. Consisted of subjects
Integrated Education
Quadrivium
xenophon
normative
28. Father of History
Modernity
Herodotus
theistic wing of existentialism
Epicurus
29. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game
multiculturalism
postmodernist aesthetics
Nicomachean Ethics
Sigmund Freud
30. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education
responsibility theory
Platonic concept of education
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
experimentalism - existentialism - philosophical analysis - and postmodernism
31. Use women more as slaves
normative philosophy of education
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Thracians
Politics
32. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
Stanley Fish
Abraham Lincoln
virtue
existentialist view of education
33. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
Monkey Trial
Tenure
fundamental part of teaching
form
34. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
practical issues
Aristotle
Allegory of the Cave
worldview
35. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind
Socratic method
truth from narratives and story-telling
form
transcendential idealism
36. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment
a subject matter and an activity
xenophon
consumerism
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
37. Recommend condition child to his/her social role
flute
collective Christian mind
Amish
socialization theories
38. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Nicocles
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Herodotus
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
39. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?
Platonic concept of education
up
philosophical world and life view - educational philosophy - educational policy - educational practice
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
40. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
theistic wing of existentialism
innoculation method
logic
epitome of postmodern person
41. 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
metaphysics
ordinary language analysis
Experimentalist aesthetics
normative
42. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on
experiential
Integrated Education
Protagoras
practical side (CDE pattern)
43. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
practical side (CDE pattern)
Plato's division of human decisions
idealist value theory
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
44. Application of ethical principles in particular instances
Allegory of the Cave
Quadrivium
analytic philosophy
casuity
45. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
Stanley Fish
Hellenica
naturalistic cosmotogies
undergraduate schools
46. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
Protagorean rationale for general education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
John Dewey
Epicurus
47. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation
Experimentalist aesthetics
Key elements of Greek education
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
local government
48. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it
Laws
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
Thomistic realism
analysis
49. Started naturalism
Latin
Outmoded
Sir Francis Bacon
Laws
50. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
theistic wing of existentialism
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Athens
Leisure