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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Concept of the beautiful






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






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






4. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






5. Good and evil in constant battle






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






7. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






8. To teach men how to learn for themselves






9. Consisted of subjects






10. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






11. 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






12. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






13. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






15. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






16. 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






17. The 'love of wisdom'






18. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






19. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






20. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






21. Nature of any given thing






22. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






23. Learning is...






24. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






25. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






26. 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






27. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






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






29. 'What is good?'






30. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






31. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






32. 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






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






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






35. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






36. What was created to protect academic freedom?






37. 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






38. What the medievals are criticized for






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






43. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






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






45. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






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






47. It is a dead language






48. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






49. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






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