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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






2. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






3. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






4. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






5. Knowledge most worth having






6. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






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






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






9. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






11. Categories of philosophy as an activity






12. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






13. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






15. 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






16. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






17. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






18. Experience is reality; activity-based






19. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






20. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






22. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






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






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






25. The 'love of wisdom'






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






27. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






28. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






29. Consisted of subjects






30. 'Man is the measure of all things'






31. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






32. What Greeks mostly focused on






33. 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






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






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






36. Capability to change in certain ways






37. 3 traditional philosophies of education






38. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






39. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






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






42. General ideas about education and their logical implications






43. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






44. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






45. Father of History






46. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






47. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






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






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






50. A specific body of info every American should know