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DSST Foundations Of Education

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






2. Stress self-expression






3. Music should be studied with a view to what?






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






5. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






6. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






7. 'What is good?'






8. 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






9. Analytic procedures can improve educational philosophy by:






10. 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






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






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






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






14. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






16. Attempt to represent accurately 'what is the case'; describe facts clearly and objectively






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






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






19. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






20. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






21. Aspect which makes something tangible






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






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






29. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






31. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






32. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






33. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






34. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






35. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






36. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






38. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






39. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






40. 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






41. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






42. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






43. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






44. 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






45. What medievals focused on






46. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






47. Good and evil in constant battle






48. Who one's parents are; Plato says in the Republic to eliminate parenthood to get exact same chance to become philosopher king - military - or provider






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






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