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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No God






2. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






4. What do Americans have the most of in education?






5. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






6. 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






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






8. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






10. 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






11. What the medievals are criticized for






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






13. Father of History






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






15. 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






16. Plato; most important part of education is right training in the nursery; 2 branches of education are gymastics (body) and music (improvement of soul); 2 branches of gymnastics are dancing and wrestling; any change except from evil is the most danger






17. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. What is the building block of civilization?






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






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






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






25. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






26. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






27. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






28. 'Man is the measure of all things'






29. Which two Greek poleis were emphasized in the 5th and 4th centuries BC?






30. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






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






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






34. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






35. Started naturalism






36. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






37. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






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






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






40. Technology is not always a __________.






41. Enlightenment; ability of empirical - scientific reason to establish all important truth; confidence in orderly and rational operation of universe; idea of progress






42. It is a dead language






43. 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






44. 'What is valuable?'






45. 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;






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






47. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






49. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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