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DSST Foundations Of Education
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1. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
Athens
Dorian music
local government
2. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?
subjective idealism
undergraduate schools
local government
metaphysics
3. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education
self-knowledge
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
C.S. Lewis and Peterson approach
religious zealots
4. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?
flute
ethics and aesthetics
value neutrality
Laws
5. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways
Athens and Sparta
Amish
Sir Francis Bacon
philosophy
6. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true
dialectic
sole true end of education
synthetic
ideal language analysis
7. 3 traditional philosophies of education
idealism - naturalism - and Thomistic realism
idealist value theory
analysis
Amish
8. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable
theoretical side (ABC pattern)
existentialist view of education
Allegory of the Cave
normative
9. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise
experimentalism (pragmatism - instrumentalism)
tradition of liberal arts education
metaphysics
philosophy of education
10. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider
the mean - the possible - and the becoming
What messes up a meritocracy the most?
philosophical idealist
arete
11. Aspect which makes something tangible
Plato
matter
cognitive-stage theories
existentialism
12. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?
collective Christian mind
Essence
reason
trivium
13. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it
conceptual mapping
analytic
innoculation method
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
14. Encourages individual choice
Amish
criticism of latin
existentialism
metaphysics
15. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?
Thracians
happiness
Acquisition of organized knowledge - development of intellectual skills - and enlargement of understanding - insights - and appreciation
local government
16. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in
liberal education and career training
Thoreau
Laws
Essence
17. No God
Naturalism vs. Christianity
self-knowledge
philosophical idealist
formation of character - cultivation of intellect - and development of judgment - inspiration of delight in the right things
18. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against
hubris
Abraham Lincoln
Experimentalist values
Tenure
19. 1600s; get to truth through science
Platonic concept of education
modernity
form
Theology
20. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship
Euthydemus
experiential
Memorabilia
Leisure
21. 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
Outmoded
Sparta (Lacedaemonians)
Socratic method
philosophical idealist
22. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
descriptive
Euthydemus
worldview
23. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students
idealist theory of education
Protestant Reformation
experimentalist aesthetic view
Protagoras
24. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?
four-part division of causes by Aristotle
preciseness
empiricism
analytic philosophy
25. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero
California and Texas
Isocrates
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
Platonic concept of education
26. Aristotle had a strict division between these two; he advocated a liberal education
Lyceum
epitome of postmodern person
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
experiential
27. 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
Nicocles
ethics
liberal learning
existentialism
28. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations
famous attack of medievals
theistic wing of existentialism
naturalistic cosmotogies
religious zealots
29. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted
Monkey Trial
Materialism
X Generation
Protagorean rationale for general education
30. 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
Peterson
Herodotus
Nicomachean Ethics
Cosmic dualism
31. What is the building block of civilization?
in the home
innoculation method
Dorian music
Family
32. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?
Individual Christian mind
legitimate forms for shaping behavior
tradition of liberal arts education
Naturalist aim of education
33. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus
form
Arabasis
sole true end of education
revelation
34. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress
Platonic concept of education
multiculturalism
Modernity
tradition of liberal arts education
35. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history
ethics
Stanley Fish
synthetic
Abraham Joshua Heschel
36. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Allegory of the Cave
hubris
Traditional reasons why we should study the canon
goal of empiricism
37. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom
metaphysics
socialization theories
Family
practical issues
38. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society
Athens
analytic
Experimentalist view of education
tradition of liberal arts education
39. What is the hallmark of existentialism?
Isocrates
Strict neutrality
radical personalism of questions of philosophy
worldview
40. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'
Liberal vs. Vocational Dichotomy
happiness
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
reason
41. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already
Aristotle
Protagoras
Republic
Monkey Trial
42. What medievals focused on
revelation
cultural literacy
in the home
Protestant Reformation
43. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers
Isocrates
Tenure
existence precedes essence
Republic
44. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue
postmodernist aesthetics
X Generation
arete
active
45. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?
multiculturalism
objectivity and subjectivity of Canon
Isocrates
Abraham Joshua Heschel
46. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing
Kant and George Berkeley
leaner-centered approach
Baby Boomlets (Generation Y)
critique of great texts of western world
47. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves
rhetoric
Stanford University Students
idealist theory of education
transcendential idealism
48. 'What is good?'
Plato and the arts
provides a framework for thinking critically abouta ll of the relevant issues
ethics
trivium
49. 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
worldview
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Plato
Athens
50. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion
Isocrates
idealist value theory
existentialist view of education
First Amendment activists