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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






2. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






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






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

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5. Most famous multiculturalist project






6. What medievals focused on






7. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






8. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






9. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






10. It is a dead language






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

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12. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






13. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






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






15. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






16. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






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






18. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






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






21. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






23. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






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






25. What do Americans have the most of in education?






26. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






27. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






28. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






29. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






30. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






31. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






32. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






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






35. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






36. Learning is...






37. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






38. 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;






39. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






40. Nature of any given thing






41. Use women more as slaves






42. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






43. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






44. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






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






46. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






47. A specific body of info every American should know






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






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






50. Aspect which makes something tangible