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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






2. Rational structure of Christian thought






3. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






4. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






5. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






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






7. How was ancient Greece divided?






8. Portion of being






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






10. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






11. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






12. Learning is...






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






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






15. Theoretical issues and practical issues






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






17. 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






18. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






19. 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






20. No God






21. 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






22. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






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






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






25. 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






26. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






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






28. Two main philosophers of idealism






29. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






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






32. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. To teach men how to learn for themselves






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






43. General ideas about education and their logical implications






44. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






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






46. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






47. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






48. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






50. Use women more as slaves