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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






4. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






5. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






6. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






7. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






8. What is the building block of civilization?






9. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






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






11. A specific body of info every American should know






12. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






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






15. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






16. 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






17. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






18. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






19. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






20. 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?'






21. 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






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






23. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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






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






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






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






28. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






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






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






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






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






34. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






36. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






38. 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






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






40. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






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






43. 'What is good?'






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






45. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






46. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






47. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






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






49. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






50. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education