Lib 100 Mid-Term

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Meditation on Reading by Stephen Rowe - Three points

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1. There is a process of reading - Read quick then read slowly, outline, note in the margins, journal Converse / dialogue
2. People ate moving to fast and need to slow down
3. Reading is a transformation

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The Practice of Reading Good Books by Corey Anton - Three points

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1. One of the advantages of reading good books is that it proves how capable we are of being shaped.
2. There is a loss or atrophy of a particular kind of reading.
3. If students are required to read good books they might become great readers

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The Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire - Three points

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1. Education is a continual process of becoming, transforming in the here and now.
2. The banking method of education transforms students into mechanistic, receiving objects.
3. The SOLUTION to the banking concept of education is interactive, problem posing education.

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Words for the Banking Concept

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memorization, oppression, one-sided, control, mass edu

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Words for the Problem Posing

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creative, active, dialogue, free, critical thinking, empowerment

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Jumping Mouse by Storm - Three points

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1. There is sacrifice for anything worth having.
2. You must loss you eye to change you sight.
3. Sometimes you have to rely on the kindness of others.
4. People that stop halfway are just as poor off as those that never started.

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The Allegory of the Cave by Plato - Three points

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1. Plato connects his allegory to philosophers and politicians.
2. Those who do not love ruling must rule.
3. The prison represents the visible realm, the fire represents the sun and the journey out is the ascent of the soul into the intelligible realm.

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The chains in the cave represent

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family, fear, tradition, choices, stereotypes, addiction

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The light outside of the cave represents

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freedom knowledge, ideas, revelation, enlightenment, truth

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The shadows in the cave represent

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distortions, perceptions, expectations

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The puppeteers in the cave represent

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values, media, authority figures, religion, and power

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How are Jumping Mouse and The Cave similar

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deal with the fear of unknown, sacrifice, leaving comfort zone, tried to share new ideas/experiences with others, transformation

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How are Jumping Mouse and The Cave different

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JM no return after enlightenment, JM experienced freewill while PC people were draped into the light

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On the Uses of Liberal Education by Mark Edmundson - Three points

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1. He doesn’t want student to enjoy his class.
2. The problem on college campuses today university culture is devoted to consumerism.
3. The solution to the problem of consumerism lies primarily with individual choices of students.

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Does good grades mean you learn the information

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No, how well a student retains information is not necessarily what they take away/learned from the class PS. Depends on the major

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On the Uses of Education by Earl Shorris - Three points

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1. Started a program that taught the humanities to people in poverty.
2. The student who participated went on to college or got better jobs.
3. People were poor because they lacked access to the moral and cultural life downtown.

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Access to a Vision by Stephen Rowe - Three points

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1. Paradox – open yet definite, find yourself by losing yourself, highly accessible but improbable
2. Constrains – specialization, economic insecurity, relativism
3. Content and method must have synthesis

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Why should a person who is striving for a Liberal Education know/learn about religion?

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to connect with others, better understanding of someone’s motives, Exposing yourself to more options, ideas for self-growth, greater understanding of the human spirit

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Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu - Three points

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1. Be open / in all thing seek balance.
2. Things are valuable because we value them.
3. In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired.

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On Critical Thinking and connected Knowing by Clinchy - Three points

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1. Two specific "positions" or perspectives on knowledge are received knowledge and subjectivism.
2. The heart of connected knowing is imaginative attachment.
3. Men are more comfortable than women with an adversarial style.

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Definition of Critical Thinking

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knowledge to further develop an idea or solve a problem

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Ways of Thinking

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spiritually, intuitively, logically, excessively, reflectively

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Class Definition of a Liberal Education

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Liberal Education is a philosophy of discovery gained through connecting diverse ideas and experiences. It cultivates growth of self and service to society.

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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1. Knowledge 2. Understanding 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

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Western Heritage

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the Trivium and the Quadrivium

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The Trivium

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Grammar - writing, Rhetoric - speaking, Logic - thinking

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The Quadrivium

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math, music, geometry, astronomy

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Teaching Thinking: Moral and Political Consideration by Minnich - Three points

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1. Views teaching as practicing thinking with respected others in conversation.
2. There is a way to evaluate thinking.
3. She is not in favor of teaching an equal acceptance of all opinions.