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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






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






4. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






6. 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






7. 3 traditional philosophies of education






8. It is a dead language






9. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






11. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






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






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






16. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






17. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






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






19. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






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






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






22. 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;






23. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






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






25. 'What is good?'






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






27. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






28. Consisted of subjects






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






30. Music should be studied with a view to what?






31. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






33. 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






34. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






36. Portion of being






37. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






38. Learning is...






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






40. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






42. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






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






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






45. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






46. 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






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






48. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






49. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






50. 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







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