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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






2. Academic freedom does not mean _______






3. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






4. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






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






6. The 'love of wisdom'






7. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






8. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






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






10. Concept of the beautiful






11. Nature of any given thing






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






13. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






14. Best - objective - recognition - There is no objective truth - taste - most powerful people's opinions win - include much more variety






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






16. 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






17. All reality comes from material components of the universe and their operations






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






19. Aristotle praises them for making education the business of the state; criticizes them for brutalizing their children by laborious exercises which they think will make them courageous






20. A specific body of info every American should know






21. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






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






24. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






25. Portion of being






26. Kant's general form of moral law






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






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






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






30. 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






31. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






32. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






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






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






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






36. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






37. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






38. What the medievals are criticized for






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






40. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






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






42. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






43. Good and evil in constant battle






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






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






46. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






47. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






48. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






50. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects