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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






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






6. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






8. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






10. What the medievals are criticized for






11. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






12. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






13. 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






14. Use women more as slaves






15. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






16. 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






17. Experience is reality; activity-based






18. Quintessential educated medieval person






19. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






20. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






21. Encourages individual choice






22. Consisted of subjects






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






24. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






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






26. 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






27. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






28. List of works that have always been studied






29. Capability to change in certain ways






30. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






31. Father of History






32. What medievals focused on






33. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






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






35. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






36. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






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






40. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






41. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






42. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






43. Started naturalism






44. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






45. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






46. Technology is not always a __________.






47. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






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






49. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






50. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth