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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






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






3. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






4. Philosophy is both...?






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






6. 1. examination of assumptions behind truths 2. independent investigations of a problem 3. opportunities for creativity 4. socialization exercises






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






8. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






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






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






11. Experimentalist students are to be both:






12. Rational structure of Christian thought






13. It is a dead language






14. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






15. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






16. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






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






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






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






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






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






22. To teach men how to learn for themselves






23. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






24. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






26. World is permeated by divine essence






27. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






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






29. Socrates' ultimate goal






30. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






32. Two categories of axiology






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






34. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






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






37. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






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






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. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






41. Aspect which makes something tangible






42. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






43. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






45. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






46. Nature of any given thing






47. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






48. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






49. 'Man is the measure of all things'






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