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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'What is good?'






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






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






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






5. Capability to change in certain ways






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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;






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






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






12. Good and evil in constant battle






13. Two main philosophers of idealism






14. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






15. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






16. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






18. Knowledge most worth having






19. 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






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






21. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






22. Nature of any given thing






23. Aspect which makes something tangible






24. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






25. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






26. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






27. 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






28. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






29. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






30. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






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






34. To teach men how to learn for themselves






35. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






36. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






37. List of works that have always been studied






38. No God






39. 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






40. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






41. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






42. Two categories of axiology






43. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






44. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






46. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






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






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






49. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






50. Consisted of subjects