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Refers to an arrangement in which the same teachers and group of students remain in one classroom for most of the day, with one teacher teaching most of or all subjects.
What is a self-contained classroom?
Learning that takes place when students work in groups to discuss and solve problems together.
What is collaborative learning?
The courses taught in a school, what is taught in each course, and how the courses are sequenced.
What is curriculum?
Not based on. or affiliated with, any religion.
What is nonsectarian?
Thinking about things that are actually experienced.
What is concrete thinking?
Activities that take place before or after school.
curriculum developed by the teachers and staff of a school district for use in their own classrooms.
What is school-based curriculum?
People who design, conduct, and supervise programs to improve the skills of a company's employees.
Who is a corporate trainer?
A person who studies human behavior and mental processes and develops theories to explailn why people behave the way they do.
Who is a psychologist?
Explanations based on research about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.
What are developmental theories?
The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.
What is cognitive development?
Refers to the physical changes in size, such as gains in height and weight.
What is growth?
Physical skills involving smaller muscles in the body, such as hands and wrists. Examples include picking up objects, writing, and keyboarding.
What is fine-motor skills?
Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings.
What is social-emotional development?
Advances in physical abilities.
What is physical development?
The theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced.
All of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge.
What is cognition?
The theory that behaviors can be associated with response.
What is classical conditioning?
Learning that takes place when students actually experience and then reflect on their learning.
What is experiential learning?
University or college courses that prepare students to become teachers.
What are teacher education programs?
Following a person on the job for a few hours, a day, or even longer to experience what the person's career typically involves to gain vulnerable insight into the person's daily tasks, activities, and interactions with others.
A formal document, issued by a state, verifying that a teacher is qualified to teach at specific grade levels or particular subject areas.
What is a certified teacher?
A type of volunteer effort that combines classroom learning with meaningful hands-on experience to meet community needs.
What is service-learning?
Money that is given for a specific purpose, such as educational expenses, that does not have to be repaid.
What is a grant?
An organized collection of materials and information that shows how personal knowledge, skills, and attitudes have developed over time.
What is a personal portfolio?