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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






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






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






6. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






7. Nature of any given thing






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






9. 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






10. List of works that have always been studied






11. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






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






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






14. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






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






16. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






17. 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






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






19. 1600s; get to truth through science






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






21. A specific body of info every American should know






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






23. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






24. 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






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






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






27. 1. Material 2. Efficient 3. Formal 4. Final ; for example - a statue; material: made of marble; efficient: someone had to create it; formal: what the statue is of - idealistic element; final: it's ultimate reason for existence






28. Rational structure of Christian thought






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






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






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






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






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






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






38. What is the building block of civilization?






39. General ideas about education and their logical implications






40. Isocrates; the mind is superior to the body; there is no institution of man that power of speech has not helped us develop; says that all clever speakers are the disciples of Athens; believes philosophy and oratory go hand in hand






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






42. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






43. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






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






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






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






47. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






48. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






49. 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






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