Education
Education Vocabulary
Purposes of Education
Teachers
Diversity
100

Thinking deeply about one's teaching and ways to improve it, may use journaling, video, diary

Reflective Teaching

100

What is the acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

STEM

100

Focus on interaction, collaboration, interpersonal skills, community involvement

Social

100

Most principals think current new teachers are less motivated than teachers entering the profession in the past.  True or False?

False

100

Teaching approach with inclusion of a variety of race and ethnic backgrounds respected and addressed

Multicultural Education

200

What is the difference between schooling and education?

Schooling is formal, rigid and education is dynamic and changing

200

Belonging to a group whose cultural identity is chosen or learned from your culture, family or shared background

ethnicity

200

Focus on preparing students for future careers and financial goals

Economic

200

Motivation in the form of external rewards such as money, vacation time, benefits

extrinsic

200

Excellent college course with an emphasis on teaching with an included objective of developing cultural sensitivity

Introduction to Education

300

What is the primary language spoken in schools in the United States? 

English

300

process of teaching using two languages

Bilingual education

300

Focus on academic improvement and educational goals

Intellectual

300

Motivation from within such as helping children or providing a service to society

Intrinsic

300

Approach to culture with emphasis on all persons embracing the dominant culture's ideology and practices

Assimilation or enculturation

400

Often used outside Germany to mean a place to work out, in the context of the German educational system, what 9-letter word means the most academically oriented type of secondary school?

Gymnasium

400

adapting teaching and strategies to assessed learner needs and diverse learning styles

Differentiation

400

Focus on government, community leadership and participation in democracy

Political and civic

400

The science or art of teaching

Pedagogy

400

Belief that all persons have a variety of strengths and weaknesses in at least 12 areas that make up their intellectual profile

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

500

School with global approach, extremely rigorous  curriculum, focus on critical thinking and academics

International Baccalaureate

500

Educators who emphasize social reform and the need to promote changes democracy through education and activism

Social reconstructionists

500

Study with focus on in depth study one topic/subject at a time

Single group studies

500

English language learning with a English only "sink or swim" approach

Immersion

500

A society in which diversity is accepted and supported

Pluralism/Pluralistic Society