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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






2. Stress self-expression






3. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






4. Theoretical issues and practical issues






5. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






6. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






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






8. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






9. Categories of philosophy as an activity






10. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






11. 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






12. 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






13. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






14. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






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






17. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






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






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






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






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






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






23. To teach men how to learn for themselves






24. Aspect which makes something tangible






25. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






26. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






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






29. Concept of the beautiful






30. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






31. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






32. 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






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






34. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






36. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






37. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






38. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






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






40. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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41. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






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






43. What is the building block of civilization?






44. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






45. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






47. What Greeks mostly focused on






48. Use women more as slaves






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






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