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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






2. 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






3. What was created to protect academic freedom?






4. 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






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






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






7. 'Man is the measure of all things'






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






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






10. Capability to change in certain ways






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






12. What music does Aristotle say in the gravest and manliest?






13. What Greeks mostly focused on






14. What Jacques Maritain calls 'service education'






15. Nature of any given thing






16. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






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






18. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






19. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






20. Believes reality is composed of minds - ideas - or selves - rather than material things






21. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






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






23. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






25. Started naturalism






26. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






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






29. Experimentalism; try to arouse students' curiosity by activity-based learning; one learns by doing






30. Task of philosophy that is the clarification of the way we think and speak about educational matters; proposed by R.S. Peters






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






32. Children born from 1981-1999






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Consisted of subjects






37. 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






38. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






39. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






40. Practical experience of those trying to live a Christian life






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






42. In the past - learning a foreign language involved just translating - and this was a great mental exercise with what?






43. Martin Luther; John Calvin






44. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






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






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






47. Aristotle; explored education - character - and virtue; stresses the need for the laws to regulate the discipline of children and adults; says that Sparta seems to be the only state in which the lawgiver has paid attention to the nurture and exercise






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






49. 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






50. 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