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DSST Foundations Of Education

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1. 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






2. Aspect which makes something tangible






3. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






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






5. The 'love of wisdom'






6. Emphasizes increasingly complex patterns of moral reasoning through which child advances






7. Two main philosophers of idealism






8. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






9. Quintessential educated medieval person






10. Portion of being






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






12. List of works that have always been studied






13. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






14. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






15. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






16. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






17. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






18. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






20. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






22. 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






23. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






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






25. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






26. 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






27. Academic freedom does not mean _______






28. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






29. Encourages individual choice






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






31. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






32. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






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






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






35. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






37. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






38. 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






39. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






41. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






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






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






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






46. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






47. Knowledge most worth having






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






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






50. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing







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