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,

Vocabulary Chart

DIRECTIONS: Complete this vocabulary chart 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.

1. philosophy

1. worldview

1. metaphysics

1. cosmology

1. teleology

1. theology

1. atheism

1. pantheism

1. deism

1. theism

1. polytheism

1. monotheism

1. anthropology

1. ontology

1. epistemology

1. skepticism

1. agnosticism

1. a priori

1. a posteriori

1. special revelation

1. general revelation

1. logic

1. correspondence validity

1. coherence validity

1. pragmatic validity

1. axiology

1. ethics

1. aesthetics

1. dichotomy

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1. curriculum

1. pedagogy

1. modernism

1. logocentrism

1. metanarrative

1. deconstruction

1. limited absolutism

1. unlimited absolutism

1. relativism

1. positivism

1. utopian

1. transmission

1. transformation

1. naturalism

1. materialism

1. eclecticism

1. anthropocentric

1. Absolute Mind

1. liberal arts