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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. Kant's general form of moral law






4. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






5. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






6. 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






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






8. Philosophy is both...?






9. Consisted of subjects






10. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






11. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






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






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






14. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






15. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






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






17. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






18. 'What is valuable?'






19. 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






20. Knowledge most worth having






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






22. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






23. Started naturalism






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






25. General ideas about education and their logical implications






26. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






27. What medievals focused on






28. What was created to protect academic freedom?






29. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






30. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






31. 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






32. 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






33. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






34. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






35. Martin Luther; John Calvin






36. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






37. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






38. 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






39. Two main philosophers of idealism






40. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






41. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






42. Portion of being






43. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






44. Encourages individual choice






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






46. 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






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






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

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49. 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






50. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation







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