Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Foundations Of Education

Subjects : dsst, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Aristotle advocated for these with morality; right vitues are located in the middle of two extreme vices and if you know the right thing to do - you still have to build healthy habits to do the right thing






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






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






4. Express information to others; high school; want to express themselves






5. Isocrates; crafted as a courtroom defense and parallel Socrates' Apology; aim was to train citizens for public and private life; book on leadership; Isocrates had to defend himself against charges of corrupting youth






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. Two main philosophers of idealism






12. Socrates; Soren Kierkegaard; we must exercise pure faith and live as if God exists; faith is always perilous and never easy; build life on human longing for Ultimate Being






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






19. No God






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






21. Academic freedom does not mean _______






22. What do property taxes for schools not work to creat equal schooling?






23. 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






24. Started naturalism






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






26. Music should be studied with a view to what?






27. 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






28. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






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






30. 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






31. 3 traditional philosophies of education






32. 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






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






34. Concept of the beautiful






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






36. 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






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






38. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






39. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






40. What is the hallmark of existentialism?






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






42. Complete - systematic set of answers to basic philosophical questions






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






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






45. Fails to distinguish between relative and absolute factors in the realm of value






46. Give every possible argument to false philosophy; combat evil by studying evil






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






48. Demonstrated in 1988 that standard text of higher education is mainly the work of western civilization






49. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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