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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






3. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






4. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






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






6. Theoretical issues and practical issues






7. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






8. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






9. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






10. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






12. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






13. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






14. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






16. 'Man is the measure of all things'






17. Good and evil in constant battle






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. How was ancient Greece divided?






24. The 'love of wisdom'






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






26. It is a dead language






27. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






28. 3 traditional philosophies of education






29. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






30. 'What is valuable?'






31. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






32. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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

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34. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






36. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






37. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






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






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






42. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






43. Encourages individual choice






44. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






45. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






46. 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






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






48. Consisted of subjects






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






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