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DSST Foundations Of Education

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






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






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






4. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






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






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






7. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






8. World is permeated by divine essence






9. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






10. Technology is not always a __________.






11. 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






12. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






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






14. What was created to protect academic freedom?






15. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






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






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






18. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






20. Concept of the beautiful






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






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






23. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






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






30. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






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






33. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






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






36. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






37. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






38. Use women more as slaves






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






40. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






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






42. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






43. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






45. 3 traditional philosophies of education






46. 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






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






48. It is a dead language






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






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