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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






3. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






4. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






5. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






6. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






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






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






9. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






11. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






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






13. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






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






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






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






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






19. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






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






22. The 'love of wisdom'






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






24. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






25. What is the building block of civilization?






26. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






27. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






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






29. Knowledge most worth having






30. 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






31. What Greeks mostly focused on






32. 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






33. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






34. Two main philosophers of idealism






35. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






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






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






38. 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






39. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






41. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






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






43. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






44. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia