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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






2. World is an emanation of God's own being






3. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






4. 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






5. Two main philosophers of idealism






6. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






8. 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






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






10. Capability to change in certain ways






11. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






12. 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






13. Children born from 1981-1999






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






18. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






19. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






20. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






21. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






22. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






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






24. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






25. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






26. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






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






28. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






30. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






31. Stress self-expression






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






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






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






35. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






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






37. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






39. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






40. 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






41. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






42. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






43. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






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






45. 'What is good?'






46. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






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






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






49. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






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