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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






2. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






3. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






5. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






6. 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






7. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






8. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






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






11. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






13. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






14. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






15. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






16. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






17. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






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






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






20. It is a dead language






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






22. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






23. Use women more as slaves






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






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






26. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






28. 'Man is the measure of all things'






29. 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






30. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






31. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






32. World is permeated by divine essence






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






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






35. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






36. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






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






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






40. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






41. Learning is...






42. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






43. 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






44. Capability to change in certain ways






45. World is an emanation of God's own being






46. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






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






49. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






50. Rational structure of Christian thought






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