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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Most famous multiculturalist project






2. Experimentalist students are to be both:






3. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






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






5. Kant's general form of moral law






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






7. Quintessential educated medieval person






8. 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






9. 3 traditional philosophies of education






10. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






11. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






12. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






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






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






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






16. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






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






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






19. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






20. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






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






22. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






23. 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






24. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






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






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






27. Nature of any given thing






28. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






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






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






31. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






32. 1600s; get to truth through science






33. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






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






36. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






37. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






38. What the medievals are criticized for






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






40. 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






41. The 'love of wisdom'






42. 'Man is the measure of all things'






43. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






44. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






45. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






46. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






47. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






49. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






50. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship