Chapter 1
The United States has the highest rate of children who ______ among advanced nations worldwide
What is poverty?
A _____ is a theory, a system of explanation or model of something.
What is paradigm?
________ is defined as the belief systems, values general cognitive structure, and meaning that characterize the social environment.
what is Culture?
_______ refers to a an assumption of shared genetic heritage based on external physical characteristics, such as facial features, skin color, and hair texture.
what is "race"?
This was the event that lead George to be first introduced to the "Energy Bus"
what is a flat tire?
A Childs _____ can make a difference in whether the child succeeds in gaining an education.
What is Family?
The _______ paradigm illustrated in the development of Head Start, a preschool program.
What is remediation?
These people focus their energy and attention on the world outside of themselves.
what are extraverts?
_____ has an impact on culturally diverse children and their families.
what is SES (Socioeconomic status)?
______ attracts more passengers on your bus.
what is enthusiasm?
Parents from lower socioeconomic groups feel ____ when required to interact with school staff.
What is talked down?
With paradigm of _______ school staffs embrace the idea of seeing students and their families as collaborators or partners in the effort to educate children.
what is collaboration?
Many educators emphasize the need to establish personal ______ with their students' families characterized by trust and understanding.
what are relationships?
______ can be defined as placing an emphasis on working within the dominant culture to achieve one's personal and professional goals.
what is assimilation?
This was the tool for finding value in George's self.
what is a rock?
Many teachers feel overburdened by the _____ to teach in new ways, developing new curriculum and to help all students learning perform well.
what is expectations?
_______ , a soviet psychologist who studied how children learn, revolutionized how educators think about the teaching and learning of children from low- income and culturally diverse families.
What is Vygotsky?
This is common mode for parents and teachers to have face-to-face interaction and be a powerful vehicle for reshaping family-school relationships.
what is parent-teacher conferences?
_____ research in education involves teachers who engage in inquiry and use data to make informed decisions and plan intelligent interventions so as to improve the quality of their performance
what is action?
This was the ultimatum given to George by his wife
Dual __________ _________ ________ in which there is a dual emphasis on speaking and reading in the primary or home language and culture and in the secondary language of English
what is dual language immersion approach?
This act passed in 2001 embodies six principals of parental involvement that empowers parents to be a part of their children's education.
What is The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001?
______ consists of the patterned ways in which school staff, family members, and students relate with one another.
what is social system?
what is theory of cultural capital?
the man on the bus kept repeating ________ over and over.
what is too blessed to be stressed?