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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. World is an emanation of God's own being






2. Leader in canon busting; says books have persisted because of the accidents of history






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






4. 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






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






6. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






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






9. Consisted of subjects






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






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. 1. give every possible argument to false philosophies. 2. have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods. 3. give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






13. Intensifies personal involvement; uses 'socratic method'; have student discover that he is the sole judge of what is valuable






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






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






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






17. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






19. Two main philosophers of idealism






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






21. Which topic has stirred most debate in last two decades of 20th century?






22. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






23. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






24. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






26. Experience is reality; activity-based






27. One of the departmental philosophies; attempts to bring the insights and methods of philosophies to bear on the educational enterprise






28. What was created to protect academic freedom?






29. 'Man is the measure of all things'






30. No God






31. It is a dead language






32. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






33. 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






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






35. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






37. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning


38. Capability to change in certain ways






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






40. Only use technology in ways that help and not in harmful ways






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






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






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






44. Children born from 1981-1999






45. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






46. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






47. 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






48. Character is Xenophon's Memorabilia; thought himself very wise because he read many philosophers and poets; Socrates used the Socratic method on him and made him see that he was not wise; spent as much as possible with Socrates after this






49. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






50. 3 traditional philosophies of education