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DSST Foundations Of Education

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






2. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






3. No God






4. Experience is reality; activity-based






5. 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






6. Use women more as slaves






7. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






8. To teach men how to learn for themselves






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






10. What was created to protect academic freedom?






11. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






12. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






13. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






14. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






15. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






16. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






17. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






19. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






21. Encourages individual choice






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






28. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






29. What is a 'DWEM'?






30. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. One that shapes the whole person






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






41. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






42. Started naturalism






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






44. List of works that have always been studied






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






46. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






47. Has achieved significant degree of mental freedom - understands moral and civil responsibility - is tolerant and humane - and has a deep sense of historic aspirations and struggles of the human race






48. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law






49. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






50. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?