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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






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






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






4. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






5. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






6. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






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






8. What Greeks mostly focused on






9. Most famous multiculturalist project






10. Started naturalism






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






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






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






14. 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






15. World is permeated by divine essence






16. Portion of being






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






18. Most famous Sophist; said 'man is the measure of all things'; taught rhetorical skills to debate whichever side one may wish - which was mortifying to the ancient world






19. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






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






21. 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






22. One that shapes the whole person






23. 3 traditional philosophies of education






24. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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






26. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






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






28. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






29. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






30. General ideas about education and their logical implications






31. 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






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






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






34. To teach men how to learn for themselves






35. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






38. 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






39. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






40. Philosophy is both...?






41. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






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






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






45. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






46. Rational structure of Christian thought






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






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






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






50. Stress self-expression