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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Generally is not a big supporter of the arts and believes they tend to make you focused on the wrong things; believes state should control what people read - see - etc






2. Grammar - dialogue - and rhetoric of the Trivium used to teach pupil use of the tools of learning

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






4. A harmful type of multiculturalism?






5. Academic freedom does not mean _______






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






7. 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






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






9. By Dewey; layperson's version of the scientific method; 'complete act of thought'






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






11. Enable students to become thinkers and leaders and not just prepare them to function in society






12. Xenophon; an account of the mercenaries under Cyrus






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






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






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






16. Where is the essential Christian liberarl arts model most clearly demonstrated?






17. The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what matters is that you make a choice)






18. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






19. Nature alone is real - and all reality is physical






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






21. 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






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






23. No God






24. 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






25. Aspect which makes something tangible






26. Roots in Hellenistic and Judeo-Christian thought; ffirms that the world is real - good - and intelligible






27. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






28. What liberal education and knowledge are embodied in






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






30. 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






31. Grammar - logic - and rhetoric






32. Who said that education is the 'most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in?'






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






34. 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






35. Taxing and regulating churches and other private educational organizations






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






37. Most appropriate for meeting phase of education where we can contemplate and discuss large ideas that have shaped our civilization






38. What medievals focused on






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






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






41. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






42. 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






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






44. 4 contemporary philosophies that have influenced education






45. 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






46. Understand realities of material world; hard science and math; teacher is agent connecting student with world of facts and should refrain from value judgments






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






48. Give a very simple explanation with arguments against it






49. What is the building block of civilization?






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