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






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






3. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






4. 1600s; get to truth through science






5. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






6. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






7. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






8. Branch of philosophy that examines 'What is the nature of reality' and 'What exists?';reality of objects - status of time - casualty - God's existence - and nature of human being






9. Began movement known as logical positivism; connects meaning of all language to empirical verification; statements not verifiable to scientific criteria and meaningless






10. It is a dead language






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






12. No God






13. Said that we tend to become tools of our tools






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






15. Technology is not always a __________.






16. 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






17. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






18. What medievals focused on






19. Rational structure of Christian thought






20. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






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






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






23. Socrates' ultimate goal






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






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






26. Rejects aims of systematic philosophy by refusing to advance statements about reality - knowledge - value - God - and the meaning of life; philosophy msut clarify the way we use language and thereby clarify our concepts






27. Teach using didactic methods - repetition - memorization - etc






28. Aspect which makes something tangible






29. 'What is valuable?'






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






31. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






32. Believe moral education should be done without references to religion






33. Very concerned with justice; Republic is his most famous writing; school should identify which place (philosopher king - military - or provider) a student should go; early Plato = Plato writing what Socrates said; later Plato = using Socrates just as






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






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






36. Taught rhetoric at the Academy; tutored Alexander the Great; founded the Lyceum; amassed a large library - collected specimen - engaged in scientific research - and pondered the nature of heavens and earth; stresses the body before the mind






37. What is a 'DWEM'?






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






39. Experimentalist; says that experience goes past just sensory experience but also includes all that humans things and feel; stressed practical effectiveness






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






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






42. 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






43. Portion of being






44. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






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






47. Thought that you should understand everything from its cause; liked music more than Plato






48. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






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