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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






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






3. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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






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






6. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






12. 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






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






14. What the medievals are criticized for






15. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






16. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






17. Nature of any given thing






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






19. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






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






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






24. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






25. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






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






28. Father of History






29. 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






30. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






31. Portion of being






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






33. Kant's general form of moral law






34. 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






35. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






42. A specific body of info every American should know






43. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






44. 3 traditional philosophies of education






45. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






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






47. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






48. 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






49. Experience is reality; activity-based






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