Definition. Behaviorism is a learning theory that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts any independent activities of the mind. Behavior theorists define learning as nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior based on environmental conditions.
What is Behaviorism?
100
An American disc jockey from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of Hip Hop culture.
Who is Afrika Bambaataa?
100
The art and science of teaching using your hip hop sensibilities.
What is Hip Hop Pedagogy?
100
In 1992, the nation's first charter school opens in St. Paul, Minnesota.
What is City Academy High School?
200
The marriage between instructional strategy and education philosophy.
What is Pedagogy according to scholars, researchers and practitioners?
200
A philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and that therefore rejects metaphysics and theism.
What is Positivism?
200
Rapping, DJing, graffiti writing and b-boying.
What are Hip Hop's original four elements?
200
The use of Hip Hop as "an interdisciplinary bridge for learning other subjects."
What is pedagogy with Hip Hop?
200
The 1996 controversy in the Oakland Unified School District about the native language of African American children.
What is Ebonics?
300
Validating the cultural knowledge and life experiences of students in the urban classroom.
What is Culturally Relevant Pedagogy?
300
Progressive, contemporary, student-centered educational philosophies that focus on relevance, social change, and individual student needs.
What is Progressivism, Reconstructivism, and Existentialism?
300
Clive Campbell (born 16 April 1955), a Jamaican American DJ who is credited for originating hip hop music in the early 1970s in The Bronx, New York City.
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
300
The "educational spaces to analyze, critique, and (re)produce hip-hop texts."
What is pedagogy about Hip Hop?
300
The 1998 California law that required all public school instruction to be in English.
What is Proposition 227?
400
Hip-hop based education (HHBE) refers to the use of hip-hop, especially rap songs and lyrics, as curricular resources. Integrating hip-hop into academic curriculum gives youth more interest in education and promotes literacy.
What is Hip Hop based education?
400
Conservative, authoritarian, teacher-centered educational philosophies that focus on enduring values and knowledge of the past.
What is Perennialism and Essentialism?
400
Origins stem from Jamaican style toasting, rhyming and talking over music in the 1960s; and traveling singers, poets, storytellers, historians known as griots.
What is rapping or emceeing?
400
The use of Hip Hop to "help shape the social identity of youth through popular culture."
What is pedagogies of Hip Hop?
400
The 2001 law that that replaced the Bilingual Act of 1968, mandated high-stakes student testing, held schools accountable for student achievement levels and provided penalties for schools that did not make adequate yearly progress.
What is No Child Left Behind?
500
Behind every school and every teacher is a set of related beliefs--a philosophy of education--that influences what and how students are taught. A philosophy of education represents answers to questions about the purpose of schooling, a teacher's role, and what should be taught and by what methods.
What is philosophy of education?
500
A learning theory found in psychology which explains how people might acquire knowledge and learn. It therefore has direct application to education. The theory suggests that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
What is Constructivism?
500
An artistic cultural youth movement created in the 1970s by Black and Brown youth in reaction to the loss of arts in the schools and the challenging socioeconomic conditions in New York.
What is Hip Hop?
500
The marriage between Critical Race Theory and Liberatory Pedagogy.
What is Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy?
500
A 2009 state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers for an initiative to establish clear, consistent guidelines for what every student should know and be able to do in math and English language arts from K-12.
What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?