A teacher, who believes that a member of a certain minority group is incapable of achieving at a high level, has an excuse for not finding alternative methods of reaching the student.
What is an example of adjustment function?
100
Conditions are set for improvement if individuals coming together feel that they have equal status and equal access to rewards available.
What is Equal Status Contact?
100
Refers to a person's awareness that he or she has a view of the world that is not universally shared.
What is Perspective consciousness?
100
Students may understand as many as 500 words, but which they are not comfortable using.
What is silent/receptive stage?
100
God does not exist. Matter is self-existing. Humankind is part of nature. Moral values obtain their source from human experience. There is no divine purpose for humankind.
What is Atheistic viewpoint?
200
Protects self-image and a positive view of one's ingroup by blaming others when things go wrong. Rejection of others becomes a way of legitimizing one's own viewpoint.
What is Ego-Defensive Function?
200
A common task that requires individuals to work together.
What is Superordinate Goals?
200
Awareness of the ways in which human beings are acting in ways that endanger the ecological life of the planet as well as knowledge of ways in which such dangers can be averted.
What is state of planet awareness?
200
Students develop nearly 1000 words they understand and can use in one or two-word phrases.
What is early production stage?
200
God is universal. There are no distinctions between the physical world, spiritual world and god. Humans are connected through oneness. Morality is realized through getting in touch with oneness. Relinquish ego.
What is Pantheistic viewpoint?
300
Presents a certain image to the world.
What is Value Expressive Function?
300
Having the opportunity to get to know the "other" person in ways that render the stereotypic image clearly inappropriate.
What is the goal of Encouragement of Intergroup Interaction?
300
Awareness of social and cultural diversity around the world. Awareness of how one's own culture may be view differently from other vantage points.
What is cross-cultural awareness?
300
Students develop about 3000 words and can use short phrases and simple sentences to communicate.
What is the speech emergence stage?
400
How people use information to make quick (usually negative) decisions regarding certain groups.
What is the knowledge function?
400
Relatively homogeneous student populations and equal status contact that does not exist outside the classroom.
What are challenges that face the contact hypothesis?
400
A modest understanding of how world ecosystems operate.
What is knowledge of global dynamics?
400
Students have developed nearly 6000 words and can make complex statements, state opinions and share their thoughts.
What is intermediate language proficiency stage?
500
The need to simplify the world, the feelings & thoughts about a certain group and the discriminatory behavior of a person.
What are the cognitive, affective and behavioral components of prejudice?
500
May result in unintended segregation.
What is a negative outcome of tracking?
500
Hanvey's fifth dimension of global consciousness.
What is awareness of human choice?
500
Students have developed some specialized content-area vocabulary and can participate fully in grade-level classroom activities. To achieve this stage often takes 2-5 years.