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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






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






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






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






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






6. What was created to protect academic freedom?






7. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






8. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






9. To teach men how to learn for themselves






10. 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






11. Experience is reality; activity-based






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






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






14. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






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






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






17. Two main philosophers of idealism






18. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






19. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






21. Said that it makes a big difference whether we form habits from our youth






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






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






28. World is permeated by divine essence






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






30. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






31. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






32. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






33. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






34. Use women more as slaves






35. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






36. 'Man is the measure of all things'






37. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






38. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






39. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






41. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






43. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






44. Kant's general form of moral law






45. 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






46. What is the building block of civilization?






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






48. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






50. 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






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