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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






2. 3 traditional philosophies of education






3. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






5. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






6. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






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






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






9. Children born from 1981-1999






10. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






11. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






12. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






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






15. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






16. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






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






19. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






20. What medievals focused on






21. 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






22. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






23. Kant's general form of moral law






24. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






25. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






26. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






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






29. Use women more as slaves






30. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






31. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






32. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






33. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






34. World is permeated by divine essence






35. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






36. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






37. Stress self-expression






38. Theoretical issues and practical issues






39. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






40. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






41. What the medievals are criticized for






42. Experience is reality; activity-based






43. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






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






45. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






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






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






49. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






50. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving