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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. Nature of any given thing






2. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






4. Teacher must have information mastered; most commonly used at law school; knocks away falsehood and assumes that truth is there; contrast to discussion - which focuses more on participation and teaches relativity that all ideas are equal; particularl






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






6. Enable students to solve problems that arise within their experience; Dewey prefers procedural subjects; learning anchored in immediate experience; focus on society






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






8. A healthy type of multiculturalism?






9. Try to guard against the indoctination of students to champion their right to make free choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Philosophy is both...?






17. Isocrates; criticism towards his day's teachers of wisdom; leave out nothing that can be taught; study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form sobriety and justice






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






19. 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






20. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






22. Common language is adequate for human purposes; we simply need to better understand its various functions and structure; replaced ideal language analysis after 1920-30






23. Beauty is what people do in fact enjoy; what is admired ought to be admired






24. Said that we must weigh possible liabilities as well as benefits of new technology for human affairs and the educational process






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






26. A specific body of info every American should know






27. Encourages individual choice






28. Concept of the beautiful






29. Students taught deconstruction - how to uncover contradictions in texts and reveal power hierarchies involved






30. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






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






32. List of works that have always been studied






33. Proposed by William Frankena; philosophy should map overall logic of educational philosophy as an entire region of discourse






34. Traveling - professional teachers; taught according to what each city state wanted taught; education was for practical reasons - and we have gone back to this in modern times






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






36. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






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






39. Father of History






40. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






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






42. Theoretical issues and practical issues






43. Academic freedom does not mean _______






44. Very existence of objects is donated by the mind and reality we experience depends on thought






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






46. Said that we are now producing a populace of hyphenated Americans - and that education serves various gods






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






48. Students need wide exposure to different ideas and opinions to navigate society and persuade others to accept views; may be legitimately doubted






49. Technology is not always a __________.






50. Stress self-expression