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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. 'What is good?'






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






4. 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?'






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






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






7. Two main philosophers of idealism






8. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






10. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






11. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






12. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






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






14. Concept of the beautiful






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






16. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






17. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






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






19. 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






20. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






21. All knowledge is derived from the senses






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






23. What medievals focused on






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






25. Two categories of axiology






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






27. Encourages individual choice






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






29. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






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






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






33. What Greeks mostly focused on






34. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






35. Experimentalist students are to be both:






36. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






37. Children born from 1981-1999






38. 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






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






40. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






42. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






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






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






45. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






46. 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






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






48. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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