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DSST Foundations Of Education

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who gets to choose what type of education students recieve?






2. One that shapes the whole person






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






4. More democratic; founder of much more individual freedom than Sparta; picked government positions by lots because of their egalitarian view; did elect people for the position of general; Athenian leadership could be gained through the military; educa






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






6. Rejects any concept of a transcendent - ultimate fixed reality; experience is the only basis for philosophy; we can adapt to and even control our environment






7. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






8. Stress self-expression






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






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






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






12. Who was Socrates strongly influenced by?






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






14. World is permeated by divine essence






15. Quintessential educated medieval person






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






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






18. To teach men how to learn for themselves






19. Where original liberal arts curriculum was broken into 7 subjects






20. Identify methods and assumptions upon which common sense and science depend






21. 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






22. Started naturalism






23. Friedrich Nietzche; asserts radical views; exposes and discards notion of independent - external - stable reality; denies that we can make secure cognitive contact with the world at all; no truer or better interpretations - only more persuasive ones;






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






25. What was created to protect academic freedom?






26. Recommend condition child to his/her social role






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






28. Most famous multiculturalist project






29. If someone is having intellectual questions about Christianity...






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






31. Pertain to actual conduct of teachers and their activities in the classroom






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






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






34. 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






35. Aristotle; integrate body - mind - and morality into education






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






37. Plato; comtemplates nature of justice and the well-ordered city; differentiates between true knowledge and mere opinion and between true and false philosophers






38. 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






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






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






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






42. What the medievals are criticized for






43. General education in service of seeking and knowing truth






44. We ought to cultivate certain dispositions + factual and scientific statements about how to produce desired results=statements recommending what to do how - when - and so on






45. Without this - the whole educational system is full of loose ends






46. Consisted of subjects






47. Allow women to ride horseback and learn weaponry






48. The philosophy that argues that nature alone is real.






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






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