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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






4. All knowledge is derived from the senses






5. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






7. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






8. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






9. 3 traditional philosophies of education






10. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






11. Portion of being






12. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






14. Technology is not always a __________.






15. Philosophy is both...?






16. Concept of the beautiful






17. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






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






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






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






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






23. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






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

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






26. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






27. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






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






29. 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






30. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






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






32. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






33. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






40. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






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






42. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






44. Learning is...






45. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






47. Rational structure of Christian thought






48. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






49. 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






50. 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







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