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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






2. 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






3. A specific body of info every American should know






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






5. 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






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






7. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






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






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






10. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






11. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






12. 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)






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






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






15. Consisted of subjects






16. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






17. Socrates' ultimate goal






18. Encourages individual choice






19. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






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






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






23. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






24. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






25. Kant's general form of moral law






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






27. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






28. 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






29. Experimentalist students are to be both:






30. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






32. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






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






34. Children born from 1981-1999






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






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






37. 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






38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






39. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






41. Father of History






42. What do Americans have the most of in education?






43. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






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






45. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






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






47. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






48. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






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






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







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