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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






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






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






5. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






6. Two main philosophers of idealism






7. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






8. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






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






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






11. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






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






14. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






15. 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






16. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






17. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






18. 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






19. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






20. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






21. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






22. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






23. What the medievals are criticized for






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






25. What is the building block of civilization?






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






27. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






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






30. Portion of being






31. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






32. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






33. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






34. What was created to protect academic freedom?






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






36. 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






37. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






39. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






41. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






42. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






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






44. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






45. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






46. Rational structure of Christian thought






47. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






48. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






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






50. The 'love of wisdom'