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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One that shapes the whole person






2. Major strenght of the Christian philosophy of education






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






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






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






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






12. 1. Reason - Head - Philosopher kings and guardians 2. Will - Chest - military 3. Appetites - Stomach - Providers/farmers


13. Reading and writing - gymnastics exercises - music - and drawing






14. Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?






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






16. Invites studnets to discuss - question - and reflect upon the values that they are taught






17. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






19. What is the building block of civilization?






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






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






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






23. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






24. Peterson thinks we are not doing very well with what Christian mind - because it is not a strong force in academia?






25. 1. It is the best and has stood the test of time 2. Cultural literacy - E.D. Hirsch Jr.






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






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






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






29. Leads educators to think in specific way about shaping moral character and refining aesthetic taste






30. All knowledge is derived from the senses






31. Consisted of subjects






32. Stress self-expression






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






34. Two broad schools of thought that analytic philosophy can be divided into as proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein:






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






36. Aspect which makes something tangible






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






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






39. Quintessential educated medieval person






40. What Greeks mostly focused on






41. Arrogance and pride before a fall; waht all 3 key elements of Greek education warn against






42. How was ancient Greece divided?






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






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






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






46. Which states do textbook companies listen to?






47. Two main philosophers of idealism






48. Physical universe is eternal and persists through countless permutations






49. 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






50. The beliefs on must embrace; the propositions one must accept as true