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DSST Foundations Of Education

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






2. World is permeated by divine essence






3. One that shapes the whole person






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






5. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






6. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






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






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






9. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






10. What the medievals are criticized for






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






12. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






14. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






15. List of works that have always been studied






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






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






18. 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






19. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






20. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






21. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






22. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






23. Two categories of axiology






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






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






26. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






27. What is a 'DWEM'?






28. Aspect which makes something tangible






29. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






30. Children born from 1981-1999






31. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






32. 'Man is the measure of all things'






33. Quintessential educated medieval person






34. Enable students to be more self-aware and discriminatory in what they enjoy; improve their judgments about what is aesthetically admirable






35. 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






36. Socrates' ultimate goal






37. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






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






39. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






40. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






41. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






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






44. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






45. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






46. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






47. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






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






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






50. Knowledge most worth having