Basic Terms
Assessment in Teaching
Teaching Methods
Famous Sociologists
German Traditions
100
study of human social behaviour and its origins, development, organizations, and institutions
What is Sociology?
100
the process of documenting students' work and sucess, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs
What is assessment in teaching?
100
comprises the principles and methods used for instruction
What is a teaching method?
100
this German full-bearded intellectual engraved the phrase of the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie"
Who is Karl Marx?
100
the world's largest fair held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
What is the "Oktoberfest"?
200
concepts and behaviours that constitute the normal; behavioural rules or standards for society
What is a Norm?
200
evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark; opposite of formative assessment
What is summative assessment?
200
a process whereby students engage in activities, such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content
What is active learning?
200
This German Sociologist wrote "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" and coined the word "antipositivism" as well as the "ideal type"
Who is Max Weber?
200
the Germans' favourite dish except of beer, brezels, schnitzel and sauerkraut, where meat is filled into a gut?
What is a "Wurst"?
300
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from logical and mathematical treatments and reports of sensory experience is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge and that there is valid knowledge (truth) only in scientific knowledge
What is Positivsm?
300
monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning; opposite of summative assessment
What is formative assessment?
300
learning how to best handle a situation by practising interactions and trying out different approaches; students may act out situations, problems, and issues in a safe setting and develop skills
What is a role-play?
300
He learns on his eleventh birthday, that he is a wizard.;Thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors
Who is Harry Potter?
300
a street in Hamburg's St. Pauli district, one of the two centres of Hamburg's nightlife and also the city's red-light district
What is the "Reeperbahn"?
400
the theory of text interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
What is hermeneutic?
400
a systematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards
What is evaluation?
400
a classification of levels of intellectual behaviour important in learning from 1956; it contains e.g. remembering, understanding, applying
What is Bloom's taxonomy?
400
a French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher, who coined theories concerning "habitus" and "social field"
Who is Bordieu?
400
this former Austrian guy with a really eye-catching moustache was the model for Prince Harry's costume, that led to a huge scandal in 2005
Who is Hitler?
500
the systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field of study, or the theoretical analysis of the body of methods and principles associated with a branch of knowledge. It, typically, encompasses concepts such as paradigm, theoretical model, phases and quantitative or qualitative techniques
What is methodology?
500
a United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students; it supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education
What is "No Child Left Behind"?
500
the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action
What is critical thinking?
500
he is called the "father of the sociology" and made sociology a science; he wrote e.g. "The Division of Labor in Society", where he introduced the concept of "anomie"; he became the chair of education at the Sorbonne in 1902
Who is Emil Durkheim?
500
this politician was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005; afterwards, he took up a job at Gazprom
Who is Gerhard Schröder?
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