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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. 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






2. Excessive individualism - non-objective morality - and extreme forms of self-expression - makes faith out to be based not at all on fact or reason






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






4. Capability to change in certain ways






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






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






7. Aristotle; statments about good and happy life of excellent activities + to achieve good life we must cultivate certain dispositions=we ought to cultivate these dispositions






8. Stress self-expression






9. Strongly intellectual; pure cognitive activity; teacher is a model for students






10. World is permeated by divine essence






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






12. The number and percentage of students receiving 'A's' in up or down?






13. What Aristotle advocated for; thinks in terms of work - leisure - and play; time well-spent developing your humanity






14. Experimentalism is also/better known as what?






15. Education for a free person - not just vocational education; includes Trivium and Quadrivium; conforming ones to truth with all subjects






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






17. Categories of philosophy as an activity






18. What the medievals are criticized for






19. 'What is reality' 'What is God like' 'What is time'






20. Memory - perceptions - and rational intuition






21. 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






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






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






24. Quintessential educated medieval person






25. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






26. Who decides what textbooks go in schools?






27. Most famous multiculturalist project






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






29. What we take to be reality is created by our language; postmodernist thought






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






31. 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)






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






33. No pure faith that science gives us truth; largely comes out of the study of language






34. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






35. What Sayers says is the best language to learn






36. 1. Homer and epic poetry 2. theater; educated Greeks on their values using comedies and tragedies; embraced fate as one's destiny 3. History: Herodotus and Thucydides - who asked questions of 'why?'






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






38. What medievals focused on






39. No God






40. Xenophon; pays tribute to Socrates; warns against potential distractions in other kinds of knowledge; says that nothing is more useful than Socrates' companionship






41. 3 traditional philosophies of education






42. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Learning is...






49. Father of History






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

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