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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






2. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






3. Rational structure of Christian thought






4. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






5. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






6. 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






7. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






8. Experience is reality; activity-based






9. Theoretical issues and practical issues






10. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






11. Consisted of subjects






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






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






14. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






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






17. Academic freedom does not mean _______






18. 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






19. 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






20. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






21. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






22. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






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






29. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






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






31. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






32. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






34. 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






35. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






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






37. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






39. 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






40. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






42. 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






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






44. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






45. 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






46. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






47. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






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






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






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







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