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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. No God






3. General ideas about education and their logical implications






4. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






5. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






6. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






8. What the medievals are criticized for






9. Theoretical issues and practical issues






10. Knowledge most worth having






11. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






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






13. 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






14. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






15. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






16. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






17. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






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






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






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






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






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






23. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






24. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






25. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






26. Capability to change in certain ways






27. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






28. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






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






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






31. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






32. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






33. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






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






35. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Encourages individual choice






41. Portion of being






42. 'What is good?'






43. 3 traditional philosophies of education






44. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






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






46. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






48. It is a dead language






49. 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






50. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein: