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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. Capability to change in certain ways






2. Very military-oriented; concerned with Spartan freedom - not necessarily individual freedom; more celebrated in ancient times; slave society with slaves known as helots owned by the state; no names on tombstones except when dying in battle or giving






3. What was created to protect academic freedom?






4. 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






5. Not just liberation from falsehood but...






6. Is the notion that there are truths that exist independently of what people think rejected or accepted by experimentalists?






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






8. Portion of being






9. 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






10. Have students study the truth to avoid falsehoods






11. Experimentalist students are to be both:






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






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






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






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






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






17. Arithmetic - geometry - astronomy - and music






18. Which instrument does Aristotle say in the Politics should not be played in education because it requires such great skill?






19. Who said - 'What we need more than anything is not textbooks but textpeople'?






20. Each individual must decide what is pleasing - delightful - and beautiful; art need not be judged by relationship to some actual object






21. Core curriculum; not necessary for one to become liberally educated but can be a good basis






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






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






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






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






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






27. Learning is...






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






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






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






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






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






33. What is the 4-step philosophical hierarchy?






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






35. All knowledge is derived from the senses






36. Rub shoulders with diverse group of people






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






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






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






40. Started naturalism






41. Written late in Plato's career; returns to the questions about nature and purpose of paideia






42. Categories of philosophy as an activity






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






44. They overanalyze words; this actually teaches you to be very precise with language






45. Public education should teach in accord to a Christian nation






46. 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






47. Consisted of subjects






48. Why does Sayers emphasize the laerning of Latin?






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






50. 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