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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






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






4. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






5. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






7. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






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






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






10. Quintessential educated medieval person






11. 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;






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






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






14. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






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






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






18. How was ancient Greece divided?






19. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






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






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






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






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






24. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






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






26. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






28. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education






29. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






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






31. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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32. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






33. 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






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






36. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






37. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






38. Father of History






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






40. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






42. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






43. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






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






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






46. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






48. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






49. Learning is...






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