Units 4 & 5
What is something that is likely to increase the child’s motivation to respond correctly?
Reinforcement
What are learning experiments that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students?
Student-Centered Learning
Changing the school and school systems
What is an admission ticket to any school in the country, public or private?
Voucher
What two philosophies are teacher-centered?
Essentialism and Perrenialism
What is a particular racial, national, or cultural group, which includes that group’s customs, beliefs, values, and often language and religion?
Ethnicity
What are methods used to gain information about student learning?
A central body of knowledge that schools require all students to study. This common core curriculum goes beyond common core standards because it includes specific course content
Core Curriculum
What school reform is exempt from state and local regulations?
Charter Schools
Which philosophy focuses traditions?
Essentialism
What is using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, and performance styles of diverse students to make learning more appropriate and effective for them?
Culturally Responsive Teaching
What is an evidence-based classroom management strategy that improves student behavior by letting students know exactly what they are doing correctly?
Less authoritarian and less concerned with the past and more focused on individual needs and contemporary practice
Student-Centered Philosophies
Which school reform out performs traditionally educated students on standardized test and social skills?
Home schools
Which philosophy was founded by George Counts, who was the student of John Dewey?
Social Reconstructionism
What are the following examples of?
Economy of Language, Do Not Talk Over, Do Not Engage, Square Up/Stand Still, and Quiet Power
Strong Voice
Who is the authority in a democratic classroom?
The teacher
Existentialist philosopher who had an attitude toward education stemmed from his own problems as a student, problems that fueled his creation of Summerhill, a school that encouraged youngsters to make their own decisions about what and when to learn
A.S. Neill
What type of school reforms have 1/3 of its schools in need of extensive repair?
Green Schools
Which philosophy believes that answers are not drawn from the Great Books but through real-world experiences?
Progressivism
What is a federal Law that requires education and support are provided for children with disabilities and guarantees a free, appropriate, public education (FAPE) for all students with exceptionalities?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
What are the three ways teachers can provide/give feedback?
Grades, Direct Feedback, and Course Evaluation
An educational company that contract with local school districts, promising to improve student achievement while making a profit in the process
Edison school (will accept Schools-For-Profit)
What are the five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
Physiological, Safety, Belonging-Love, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualization
What does perennial mean?
Everlasting