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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






2. We often succeed in teaching pupils 'subjects' but fail to teach them how to think; they learn everything except the art of learning






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






4. All knowledge is derived from the senses






5. Categories of philosophy as an activity






6. World is permeated by divine essence






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






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






9. 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






10. Two categories of axiology






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






12. Original 7 liberal arts - Grammar - Learn what facts are and mean; memorization; elementary schools; little kids are very good at memorizing and they like it






13. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






14. Capability to change in certain ways






15. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






16. Art is the catalyst for the changing viewers' experience and for creating new feelings - insights - and intuitions






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






18. Intelligent forms of discipline and correction as well as clear - rational explanation






19. Portion of being






20. World is an emanation of God's own being






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






22. Philosophy is both...?






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






24. Father of Stoicism - live a virtuous life and emphasize maintaining inner freedom - you can control your reactions to outside influences






25. 3 traditional philosophies of education






26. Aspect which makes something tangible






27. Our god is what we possess and our identity by what we do for a living






28. Aristotle's school where one would be trained in the body - have instruction in reason - and moral/habit training






29. Children born from 1981-1999






30. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






32. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






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






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






35. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






36. Rule by those who merit it; Plato in the Republic considers this just






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






38. What medievals focused on






39. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






41. Recognizes no fixed - orderly reality which educators can impart to students; curriculum reflects version of truth by those who hold power and shows that their consciousness has been distorted by repressive systems






42. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






43. Martin Luther; John Calvin






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






45. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






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






47. Encompasses the great - ongoing dialogue of life's most important questions






48. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






49. What themes unified the Great Tradition of liberal arts for more than 2 millenia?






50. Rational structure of Christian thought