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Vocabulary
Thinking
Ancient Philosophers
Modern Philosophers
Educational Philosophies
100
I am a lover of wisdom.
What is a philosopher
100
A thinking strategy that seeks a determination of what seems to be
What is Analytic
100
He developed a method of teaching that emphasized use of artful questioning to bring forth knowledge
Who is Socrates
100
She is an existentialist philosopher who believes schools should encourage students to develop their personal identities and aesthetic value
Who is Maxine Greene
100
An educational philosophy that believes schools should transmit a common core of information and skills
What is Essentialism
200
Area of philosophy that deals with questions about the nature of reality
What is metaphysics
200
A thinking strategy that seeks a determination of what ought to be
What is Prophetic
200
He believed truth was perfect and the central reality and therefore not found in a changing imperfect material world
Who is Plato
200
She argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She also advocated treatment of both men and women as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on reason.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft
200
A psychological theory and educational philosophy that asserts behaviors as the representation of the essence of a person and theorizes all behaviors are responses to stimuli
What is Behaviorism
300
An area of philosophy that deals with questions about the nature of understanding and how we know things
What is epistemology
300
A thought process that involves drawing away from experiences to a conceptual plane
What is Abstraction
300
He believed that one could acquire knowledge of ideas or forms by investigating matter
Who is Aristotle
300
She developed a model of schooling that allowed children to explore their environment in which the teacher is the facilitator of learning
Who is Maria Montessori
300
A social theory and educational philosophy that limits truth and knowledge to what is observable and measurable
What is Positivism
400
An area of philosophy that deals with the nature of values
What is axiology
400
Tool used to examine the principles that allow movement from one argument to the next
What is Logic
400
He was a Roman rhetorician who was also one of the earliest spokesman for a child-centered education
Who is Quintilian
400
She had long discussions with philosopher John Dewey in which they redefined democracy in terms of pragmatism and civic activism, with an emphasis more on civic duty and less on individual rights.
Who is Jane Addams
400
An educational philosophy that contends humans are innately good and are born free but become enslaved by institutions
What is Humanism
500
Type of philosophy that stresses inner peace, tranquility, attitudinal development and mysticism
What is Eastern Ways of Knowing
500
Tool used to identify the gap between principle and practice
What is Tracking Hypocrisy
500
He believed education should stress building moral character and not merely teaching skills and imparting information
Who is Confucius
500
He was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy who believed in the the reciprocal relationship between teaching and learning.
Who is Paulo Freire
500
An educational philosophy that emphasizes hands-on, activity-based teaching and learning during which students develop their own frames of thought
What is Constructivism