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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






2. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






3. Use women more as slaves






4. 'What is good?'






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






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






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






8. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






9. Good and evil in constant battle






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






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






12. 1600s; get to truth through science






13. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






14. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






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






16. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






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






18. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






19. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






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






22. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






24. It is a dead language






25. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






27. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






29. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






30. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






32. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






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






35. General ideas about education and their logical implications






36. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






38. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






39. To teach men how to learn for themselves






40. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






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






42. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






44. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






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






46. The 'love of wisdom'






47. What is the building block of civilization?






48. Two categories of axiology






49. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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







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