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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






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






5. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






6. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






7. Children born from 1981-1999






8. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






9. Father of History






10. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






11. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






12. Use women more as slaves






13. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






21. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






22. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






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






25. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






27. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






28. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






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






30. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






31. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






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






33. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






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






35. 'Man is the measure of all things'






36. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






37. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






38. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






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






41. Knowledge most worth having






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






43. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






44. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






45. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






46. 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






47. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






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






49. Music should be studied with a view to what?






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