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DSST Foundations Of Education

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






2. 'Man is the measure of all things'






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






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






5. General ideas about education and their logical implications






6. Technology is not always a __________.






7. Isocrates; says that educated people are those who manage well everyday circumstances - those who are decent and honorable with others - those who hold pleasure under control and are not unduly overcome by misfortune - and those who are not spoiled b






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






9. What is the building block of civilization?






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






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






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






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






14. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






15. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






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






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






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






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






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






21. List of works that have always been studied






22. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






23. Goal of Aristotle; said that you 'love what you ought to love'






24. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






26. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






27. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






28. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






29. 1. Learn a language 2. Learn how to use a language 3. learn how to express oneself in language 4. compose thesis upon a theme and defend it against the criticism of the faculty






30. Philosophy is both...?






31. Capability to change in certain ways






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






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






34. One that shapes the whole person






35. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






36. Scopes v. State; clear example of confusing a scientific opinion with theological heresay






37. 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






38. It is a dead language






39. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






40. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






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






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






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






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






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






46. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






47. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






48. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






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






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