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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






3. Encourages individual choice






4. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






6. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






7. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






8. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






9. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






11. Two categories of axiology






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






13. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






14. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






15. To teach men how to learn for themselves






16. 3 traditional philosophies of education






17. What is the building block of civilization?






18. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






19. 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






20. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






21. 'Man is the measure of all things'






22. 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






23. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






24. Knowledge most worth having






25. 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






26. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






27. Consisted of subjects






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






29. Kant's general form of moral law






30. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






38. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






39. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






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






41. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






42. What medievals focused on






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






44. 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






45. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






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






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






48. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






49. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






50. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against