Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

DANT-0060

Organization's ID:

SS489, ST489

Organization:

Prometric Inc, DSST Credit-by-Exam

Location:

Prometric DSST exams are offered at colleges, universities or military bases that are not owned by Prometric.

Length:

2 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Foundations of Education

Credit is recommended for examinees with scores of 400 or above.

Description

Objective:

This exam was developed to enable schools to award credit to students for knowledge equivalent to that learned by students taking the course. This examination includes
topics related to contemporary issues in education; past and current influences on education (philosophies,
democratic ideals, social/economic influences); and the interrelationships between contemporary issues and
influences, past or current, in education.
The exam contains 100 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored.

Skills Measured:

1. Contemporary Issues in Education -
Equity
Governance
Curriculum
Professional Competencies and development
Technology

2. Past and Current Influences on Education -
Philosophies, theories, ideologies
Democratic Ideals
Social/Economic/Cultural Influences

3. Interrelationships between Contemporary Issues and Influences, Past or Current, in Education -
Tradition and Progressive
National vs. local control
Secular vs. religious
Civil rights
Public vs. private

Instruction & Assessment