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






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






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






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






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






6. Children born from 1981-1999






7. Consisted of subjects






8. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






9. If schools exist solely to package and arrange data - then they may well become _______ by new technology.






10. 'Man is the measure of all things'






11. What medievals focused on






12. 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)






13. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






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






15. Stanley Fish; reader's experience replaces formal structure of text






16. 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






17. Father of History






18. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






19. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






20. 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






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






22. 'Discoverer of an art is not the best judge of it.'






23. Stress self-expression






24. Excellence that is not primarily excellence of skill but excellence of virtue






25. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






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






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






28. Technology is not always a __________.






29. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






30. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






31. Grammar: 9-11; Dialectic: 12-14; rhetoric; 14-?






32. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






33. What do all 3 key elements of Greek culture involve?






34. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






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






36. Knowledge most worth having






37. General ideas about education and their logical implications






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






39. An untranslatable word that encompasses the total formation of a human being






40. No God






41. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






43. Third most important Greek historian; student of Socrates; wrote about the education of Cyrus the King of Persia






44. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






45. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






46. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






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






48. Nicholas Wolterstoff; calls for balance between behavioral and cognitive domains






49. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






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