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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






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






3. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






4. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






5. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






6. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






7. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






8. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






9. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






10. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






11. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






12. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






13. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






14. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






15. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






16. Aspect which makes something tangible






17. Quintessential educated medieval person






18. 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






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






20. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






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






23. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






24. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






25. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






26. Most famous multiculturalist project






27. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






28. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






29. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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


31. Rational structure of Christian thought






32. It is a dead language






33. Encourages individual choice






34. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






35. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






36. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






37. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






38. The 'love of wisdom'






39. All knowledge is derived from the senses






40. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






41. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






42. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning


43. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






44. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






45. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






46. 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






47. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






48. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






49. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






50. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry