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DSST Foundations Of Education

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Learning is...






5. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






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






7. 1600s; get to truth through science






8. 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






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






10. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






11. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






12. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






13. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






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






15. What medievals focused on






16. Technology is not always a __________.






17. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






18. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






19. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






21. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






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






23. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






24. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






26. One that shapes the whole person






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






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






29. Encourages individual choice






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






31. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






32. Concept of the beautiful






33. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






34. The 'love of wisdom'






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






36. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






37. Socrates' ultimate goal






38. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






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






40. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






41. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






42. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






43. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






45. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






48. List of works that have always been studied






49. 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






50. It is a dead language