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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
collective Christian mind
confidence
xenophon
postmodernist theory of education
2. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations
Tenure
Materialism
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
reader-response theory
3. The 'love of wisdom'
trivium
Individual Christian mind
Materialism
philosophy
4. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?
Republic
helps with learning other languages; emphasizes speaking more than writing; particularly helpful with learning your own language; is involved in math - science - etc
Outmoded
scholastic
5. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing
axiology
philosophical idealist
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
6. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
existentialist view of education
ordinary language analysis
Postmodernity educational practice
Antidosis
7. 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
Athens
hallmark of liberal arts education
difference between leisure and amusement
national government
8. A specific body of info every American should know
cultural literacy
Dorian music
postmodernity
postermodernist literary ideas
9. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth
Aristotle
Dorian music
Golden Mean and habit
linguistic descriptions
10. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
Outmoded
a healthy Christian theism
Monkey Trial
11. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions
Sparta
Amish
experimentalist aesthetic view
Great defect in modern education
12. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
preciseness
Platonic concept of education
revelation
metaphysics
13. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people
form
Jacques Derrida
reason for sending child to public school
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
14. What do Americans have the most of in education?
confidence
Socratic method
sole true end of education
Isocrates
15. Martin Luther; John Calvin
Protestant Reformation
only adequate education
Thomistic realism
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
16. Good and evil in constant battle
reason
Cosmic dualism
worldview
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
17. Two categories of axiology
Modernity
state
controlled transaction
ethics and aesthetics
18. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc
Customary branches of education according to Aristotle
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
Plato and the arts
up
19. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
existentialism
practical side (CDE pattern)
20. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30
Naturalism vs. Christianity
Naturalist aim of education
ordinary language analysis
Pluralism
21. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil
idealist metaphysics
pragmatism
Essence
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
22. 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
idealist value theory
Protestant Reformation
Laws
atheistic wing of existentialism
23. What the medievals are criticized for
innoculation method
Quadrivium
hairsplitting
Abraham Lincoln
24. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being
criticism of latin
Panathenaicus
metaphysics
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
25. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical
Naturalism
Cosmic dualism
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Arabasis
26. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;
postmodernism
epitome of postmodern person
Hellenica
active
27. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations
pure secularism
philosophy of education
liberal education and career training
ultimate goal of aesthetic education
28. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth
Order of Trivium
Republic
Isocrates
Platonic concept of education
29. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor
clarifying key terms and concepts - pointing out implications of philosophical statements - and examining structure of educational theories
Tolkein approach
preciseness
epitome of postmodern person
30. Philosophy is both...?
existentialist aesthetics
a subject matter and an activity
national government
pragmatism
31. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
undergraduate schools
postmodernist aesthetics
Order of Trivium
Amish
32. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
rejected
Thomistic realism
philosophical analysis
Memorabilia
33. 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
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
general education
theoretical issues
synthetic
34. 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
Liberally educated person
aesthetics
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
difference between leisure and amusement
35. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative
state
Platonic concept of education
existence precedes essence
logic
36. Which states do textbook companies listen to?
California and Texas
Jacques Derrida
potentiality
existence precedes essence
37. Portion of being
innoculation method
actuality
Plato and the arts
logic
38. General ideas about education and their logical implications
metaphysics
cognitive-stage theories
theoretical issues
synthetic - analytic - and descriptive
39. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?
axiology
innoculation method
Dorian music
into poleis (city states) and surrounding country with distinct cultures
40. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people
Plato and the arts
synthetic
fundamental part of teaching
difference between leisure and amusement
41. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
conceptual mapping
arete
existentialism
ideal language analysis and ordinary language analysis
42. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'
Abraham Lincoln
Golden Mean and habit
Dead White European Male
Protestant Reformation
43. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste
'lost tools of medieval scholasticism'
idealist value theory
philosophy as a subject matter
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
44. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc
Laws
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
organized knowledge
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
45. 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
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
analytic philosophy
Latin
Nicocles
46. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
Key elements of Greek education
Platonic concept of education
Republic
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
47. What is a 'DWEM'?
Dead White European Male
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
X Generation
postmodernity
48. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important
Republic
ethics and aesthetics
Tenure
Allegory of the Cave
49. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?
potentiality
ages that Trivium should be used
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
Peterson
50. 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
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
Order of Trivium
Republic
Antidosis