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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






2. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






3. 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






4. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






5. Nature of any given thing






6. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






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






8. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true






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






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






11. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






12. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






13. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






14. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






15. What is a 'DWEM'?






16. 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






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






18. 3 traditional philosophies of education






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






20. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






21. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






22. To teach men how to learn for themselves






23. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






24. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






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






26. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






27. What do Americans have the most of in education?






28. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






29. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






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






31. Experience is reality; activity-based






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






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






34. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






35. Two categories of axiology






36. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






38. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






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






41. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






42. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






44. What is the building block of civilization?






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






46. 'What is valuable?'






47. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






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






49. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






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