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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






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






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






4. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






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

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






7. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






8. What Greeks mostly focused on






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






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






11. 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






12. Learning is...






13. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






14. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






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






16. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






17. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






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






19. Technology is not always a __________.






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. It is a dead language






24. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






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






26. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






27. 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






28. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






29. 'Man is the measure of all things'






30. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






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






32. Artistotle; comments on education; concerns proper education of the youth; values education for its own sake and not for its instrumental subservience






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






34. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






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






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






38. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






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






45. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






46. To teach men how to learn for themselves






47. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






48. Academic freedom does not mean _______






49. What are the 3 principles that Aristotle says education should be based upon?






50. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence