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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






3. 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;






4. 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






5. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






7. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






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






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






10. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






11. 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






12. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






13. It is a dead language






14. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






15. 'What is valuable?'






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






17. What Greeks mostly focused on






18. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






19. Capability to change in certain ways






20. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






22. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






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






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






25. All knowledge is derived from the senses






26. 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






27. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






28. Categories of philosophy as an activity






29. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






31. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






32. 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






33. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






34. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






35. Music should be studied with a view to what?






36. Experience is reality; activity-based






37. 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






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






39. What the medievals are criticized for






40. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






41. 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






42. The 'love of wisdom'






43. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






44. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






45. Good and evil in constant battle






46. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






47. 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






48. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






49. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






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