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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Socrates' ultimate goal






2. 'Man is the measure of all things'






3. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






12. Denies rationality or order in the universe; focus of primacy of existing individual; man is nothing but what he makes of himself - Jean Paul Sartre






13. Concept of the beautiful






14. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






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






16. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






17. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






18. Learning is...






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






20. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






21. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






22. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






23. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






24. 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






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






26. Encourages individual choice






27. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






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






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






30. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






32. Started naturalism






33. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






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






35. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






36. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






38. Good and evil in constant battle






39. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






40. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






41. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






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






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






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






46. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






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






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






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