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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






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






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






4. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






5. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






6. Started naturalism






7. Martin Luther; John Calvin






8. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






9. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






11. What was created to protect academic freedom?






12. No God






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






14. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






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






16. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






17. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






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






19. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






21. 1600s; get to truth through science






22. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






23. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






24. All knowledge is derived from the senses






25. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






26. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






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






29. 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






30. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






31. How was ancient Greece divided?






32. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






33. Music should be studied with a view to what?






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






35. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






36. Categories of philosophy as an activity






37. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






39. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






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






41. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






43. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






44. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






45. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






46. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






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






49. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






50. What is a 'DWEM'?