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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






3. Good and evil in constant battle






4. 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






5. To teach men how to learn for themselves






6. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






7. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






8. 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






9. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






10. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






11. World is an emanation of God's own being






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






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






14. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






15. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






16. Most famous multiculturalist project






17. Technology is not always a __________.






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






19. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






20. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






21. What was created to protect academic freedom?






22. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






23. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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24. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






25. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






26. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






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






28. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






30. 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






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






32. Capability to change in certain ways






33. Rational structure of Christian thought






34. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






35. The 'love of wisdom'






36. Experience is reality; activity-based






37. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






38. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






39. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






40. 3 traditional philosophies of education






41. Two categories of axiology






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






43. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






44. Encourages individual choice






45. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






46. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






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






48. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






49. What Greeks mostly focused on






50. It is a dead language