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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






2. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






3. The 'love of wisdom'






4. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






6. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






7. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






8. A specific body of info every American should know






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






10. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






11. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






12. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






13. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






15. Martin Luther; John Calvin






16. Good and evil in constant battle






17. Two categories of axiology






18. 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






19. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






20. 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






21. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






22. 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






23. What the medievals are criticized for






24. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






25. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






26. 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;






27. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






28. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






29. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






30. Philosophy is both...?






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






32. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






33. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






34. 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






35. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






36. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






37. Portion of being






38. General ideas about education and their logical implications






39. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






40. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






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






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






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






44. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






45. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






46. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






47. What is a 'DWEM'?






48. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






49. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






50. 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