VOCABULARY CHART ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW:
The module overviews of the first two modules expose you to the various educational philosophies from the ancients of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas, through the modern and post-modern philosophical eras, to what you will discover in Module 3: Week 3 when you study educational theories of transmission and transformation. Since philosophy has its own terminology that can be foreign to education majors, this assignment is designed to help you identify this terminology of philosophy and define it. This chart thus becomes an invaluable tool for the remainder of the course as well as a benefit for a future career in education.
INSTRUCTIONs
Complete the Vocabulary Chart Template using your reading assignments (i.e., the Gutek textbook and internet database searching). Definitions are to be technically specific to philosophy of education. Instead of copying the definition verbatim, paraphrase it in words that would be meaningful to someone new to the field of philosophy. Avoid using the term itself in the definition. The definition need not be lengthy but must be long enough to convey the full meaning.
Textbook citation:
Gutek, G. L. (2013). Philosophical, ideological, and theoretical perspectives on education (2nd ed.). Pearson.
Words to Define:
1. philosophy
2. worldview
3. metaphysics
4. cosmology
5. teleology
6. theology
7. atheism
8. pantheism
9. deism
10. theism
11. polytheism
12. monotheism
13. anthropology
14. ontology
15. epistemology
16. skepticism
17. agnosticism
18. a priori
19. a posteriori
20. special revelation
21. general revelation
22. logic
23. correspondence validity
24. coherence validity
25. pragmatic validity
26. axiology
27. ethics
28. aesthetics
29. dichotomy (Pearcey book summary)
30. curriculum
31. pedagogy
32. modernism
33. logocentrism
34. metanarrative
35. deconstruction
36. limited absolutism
37. unlimited absolutism
38. relativism
39. positivism
40. utopian
41. transmission
42. transformation
43. naturalism
44. materialism
45. eclecticism
46. anthropocentric
47. Absolute Mind
48. liberal arts
