Glossary of Educational Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Conflictology

Download Glossary of Educational Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Conflictology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Education DEFINITION 1 The social institution by which a society transmits knowledge--including basic facts and job skills, as well as cultural norms and values--to its members. TERM 2 Schooling DEFINITION 2 Formal instruction carried out by specially trained teachers. TERM 3 Literacy DEFINITION 3 The ability to read and write. TERM 4 Tracking DEFINITION 4 The policy of assigning students to different educational programs. TERM 5 Self-fulfilling Prophecy DEFINITION 5 A situation in which people who are defined in a certain way eventually think and act as if the definition were true. TERM 6 English Immersion DEFINITION 6 The policy of teaching non-English speakers in English. TERM 7 Bilingual Education DEFINITION 7 The policy of offering most classes in students' native language while also teaching them English. TERM 8 Mainstreaming DEFINITION 8 Integrating students with special needs into the overall educational program. TERM 9 Special Education DEFINITION 9 Schooling children with physical or mental disabilities in separate classes with specially trained teachers. TERM 10 Hidden Curriculum DEFINITION 10 Explicit and subtle presentations of political or cultural ideas in the classroom that support the status quo. TERM 21 What can tracking do? DEFINITION 21 Amounts to a form of social institution can set in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy TERM 22 Men are... DEFINITION 22 encouraged to study the sciences because society believes they are more capable of carrying out a more administrative job TERM 23 Women are... DEFINITION 23 encouraged to study more feminine majors such as health professions, teaching, graphic arts, office technology, languages, drama, and dance TERM 24 Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975) DEFINITION 24 Requires all states to educate all children with disabilitiesand to treat them like anyone else while meeting their special needs. led to policy of mainstreaming and alternative - special education TERM 25 Structural-Functional Analysis DEFINITION 25 Points out smooth operation of modern societies depends on schooling. teaching wide range of knowledge and skills enables them to take their place as productive adults. TERM 26 Symbolic-Interaction Analysis DEFINITION 26 Look at how individuals experience the school system - see how officials define the academic ability of each student. Are labeled by their schools as "gifted", "average", "deficient" - reflects the work students have done and their class and race Labels influence student's future TERM 27 Social-Conflict Analysis DEFINITION 27 Highlights how schooling is linked to social inequality in U.S. society. some students exceed expectations and others fall behind due to school's fault school funding differentiates the kind of environment students are taught in claims that schooling in the U.S. amounts to a system of social control - school systems socialize all students to be docile, obedient workers and patriotic citizens: hidden curriculum TERM 28 Conservatives in Education DEFINITION 28 Problem schools are government monopoly that does not operate efficiently and is not accountable fail to educate significant share of young people Solution strategies such as schooling for profit and use of school vouchers force public schools to become more competitive all schools must be made accountable for their performance TERM 29 Liberals in Education DEFINITION 29 Problem Schools lack funds and programs to meet needs of some categories of people Solution increase government funding for schools, especially in disadvantaged areas; expand Head Start and bilingual programs to improve schooling for minorities and low- income children TERM 30 Radical-Lefts in Education DEFINITION 30 Problem Schools operate within a social system marked by striking inequality of wealth and power fail much of U.S. population and perpetuate class differences Solution Equalize funding for all schools lies in changes in economic and political systems to create a more egalitarian society TERM 31 In 1998, Californians passed Proposition 227, which DEFINITION 31 banned bilingual programs in favor of the English-immersion approach. TERM 32 By which year had every state enacted a law requiring children to attend school? DEFINITION 32 1918 TERM 33 About how many teaching job vacancies are there each year in the United States? DEFINITION 33 435,000