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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






2. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






3. Most famous multiculturalist project






4. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers

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5. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






6. Plato; an analogy of the mind as a darkened cave - and the ideal world is really what is important






7. Rational structure of Christian thought






8. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






10. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






11. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






19. Father of History






20. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Children born from 1981-1999






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






26. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






27. 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






28. 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






29. Started naturalism






30. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






31. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






32. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






34. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






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






36. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






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






38. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






39. What do Americans have the most of in education?






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






41. Theoretical issues and practical issues






42. What is a 'DWEM'?






43. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






44. 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






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






46. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






47. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






48. Consisted of subjects






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






50. Experimentalist students are to be both: