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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • 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. No God






2. Jean Paul Sartre; If God does exist - that would change nothing; humans have no hope of discovering pre-existent meaning to human life; humanity can be known same way as machinges - atoms - etc; recognizes aloneness and necessity of making moral deci






3. Leisure is better than occupation and the first principle of all action is leisure; we ought not to be amusing ourselves all the time - for then amusement would be the end of life - amusement is for the sake of relaxation






4. Philosophy is both...?






5. One who stands alone - outside any organized human endeavor






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






7. Americans born between 1965 and 1981 have been labeled...?






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






9. General ideas about education and their logical implications






10. Stress self-expression






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






12. Seek a comprehensive interpretation of things; formulate a worldview






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






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






19. Plato; process of closely questioning ideas through disalogue for finding what's true






20. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






21. Emphasizes knowing what's right and wrong and putting action to it






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






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






24. Learning is...






25. 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






26. 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






27. Studied under Socrates; banished by Athens - but once Athens allied itself with Sparta against the Thebes - they lifted his banishment






28. All talk about art is nothing more than a language game






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






30. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






31. Provides a solid basis for moral ieals as well as the best methods for communicating them to our young






32. What was created to protect academic freedom?






33. Academic freedom does not mean _______






34. Application of ethical principles in particular instances






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Who believes that the Fall really didn't mess us up that much?






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






41. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






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






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






44. Orator; says that character is essential for the educated person






45. Knowledge most worth having






46. Most debates will disappear if you are clear with your terms






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






48. Peterson thinks we are doing well with what Christian mind?






49. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






50. Good and evil in constant battle