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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. In ancient Greece - where was most education done?






3. General ideas about education and their logical implications






4. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






5. 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






6. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






7. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






9. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






10. We first become aware that we exist; we then fashion our essence






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






12. No God






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






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






15. 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






16. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






17. Experience is reality; activity-based






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






19. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






21. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






23. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






24. 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






25. Academic freedom does not mean _______






26. Two categories of axiology






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






28. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






29. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






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






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






32. Nature of any given thing






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






34. Martin Luther; John Calvin






35. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






36. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






37. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






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






39. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






40. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






41. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






42. What Greeks mostly focused on






43. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






44. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






45. The 'love of wisdom'






46. What the medievals are criticized for






47. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






48. Technology is not always a __________.






49. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






50. 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







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