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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Human person is a spiritual or rational being






2. What are the three steps to Chrsitian teaching and learning?






3. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






4. Takes a bunch of subjects for no real reason; only goal of education is power; relativist position






5. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






7. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






8. Lived in Athens during pinnacle of cultural achievement; criticized sophists of his day for valuing oratorical showmanship over truth; knew Socrates; Socrates foretold that he would do great thing; was remarked upon by Cicero






9. To teach men how to learn for themselves






10. Plato; knowledge is mightiest of all faculties; opinion is in the interval between knowledge and ignorance; philosophers have a pleasure in learning and a good memory; capacity of learning exists in the soul already






11. Lists and defines a set of dispositions to be fostered in students; projects comprehensive vision of education






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






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






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






15. Debated Protagoras; never wrote anything down; the main character of Plato's writings; also taught Xenophon; human virtue was his primary concern; uses dialogue to bring out truth; responsibility for learning is on the learning and did not call himse






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






17. Thomas Aquinas became foundation of intellectual endeavor in Catholic church; kept learning alive during Dark Ages; monks preserved church






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






19. Started naturalism






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






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






26. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






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






28. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






30. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






31. Place cognitive integrity of many theological matters in question






32. Theoretical issues and practical issues






33. See how facts come together; Jr. High; argumentative






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






35. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






36. Father of Epicureanism - maximize pleasure and minimize pain; did not believe in immortal soul - so said that one should live the good life here






37. Kant; mind=unifying factor in all knowledge






38. Personal nature; the model of mature persons interacting with developing people






39. Modern America says that what has the right and duty to suppport all levels of education?






40. Closest to original spirit of philosophy; endeavor to establish standards and ideals for our individual and collective lives






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






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






43. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






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






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






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






48. Concept of the beautiful






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






50. To discover regularities of the natural world and make them into generalizations that represent scientific law