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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One that shapes the whole person






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






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






4. Concept of the beautiful






5. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






7. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






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






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






10. 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)






11. It rests on the belief that all aspects of the world and human life are integrally related






12. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






14. Encourages individual choice






15. 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






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






17. Xenophon; continuation of Thucydides' history of Peloponnesian War






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






19. Philosophy is both...?






20. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






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






22. Aspect which makes something intelligible to the mind






23. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






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






26. Technology is not always a __________.






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






28. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






29. Kant's general form of moral law






30. Two main philosophers of idealism






31. Theoretical issues and practical issues






32. Socrates' ultimate goal






33. What medievals focused on






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






35. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






36. Aspect which makes something tangible






37. 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






38. Saidsaid that value-laden dichotomies (binaries) provide foundation for our western intellectual tradition; postmodernist






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






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






41. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






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






43. 1600s; get to truth through science






44. Children born from 1981-1999






45. A specific body of info every American should know






46. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






48. 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?'






49. Two categories of axiology






50. What was created to protect academic freedom?