EDU 200: Introduction to Professional Education Experiences

Flashcards of Vocab for EDU 200 Exam

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Education
The lifelong process by which humans develop their mind, character, and skills; marked by continual development and change.
Effective Schools
Schools that provide a significantly better education (measured by student scores) for a much larger percentage of their students than other schools with a similar student population.
Reflection
Conscious and analytical thought by an individual about what he or she is doing and how the action effects others.
School Cultures
The prevailing mores, values, and rituals that permeate a school.
Social Reconstructionists
Proponents of the theory of education that schools and teachers need to engage in the restructuring and reforming of society to eradicate its ills and shortcomings.
Socialization
The general process of social learning whereby children learn the many things they must know to become acceptable members of society.
Assimilation
The absorption of an individual or a group into the cultural tradition of a population or another group,.
Bilingual Education
A variety of approaches to educating students who speak a primary language other than English.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
A method of embracing students' cultural backgrounds by modifying classroom conditions or activities to include elements that relate to the students' culture.
Site-based Decision Making
At school reform effort to decentralize, allowing decisions to be made and budgets to be established at the school-building level, where most of the changes occur.
*Teachers tend to become involved in the decision making.
Inclusion
The commitment to educate each child, to the maximum extent appropriate, in the regular school and classroom rather than moving children with disabilities to separate classes or institutions.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
A management tool required for every student covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
It must indicate a student's current level of performance, short-and long-term instructional objectives, services to be provided, and criteria and schedules for evaluation of progress.
Individualized Family Services Plan
Similar to a IEP for school aged children, the ISFP specifies the services to be provided to developmentally delayed children from birth to age two.
Authorized by PL99-457, the Education of Handicapped Act Amendments.
Learning Style (Multiple Intelligences)
Characteristic way a student learns, include factors such as the way an individual processes information, preference for competition or cooperation, and preferred environmental conditions such as lighting or noise level.
Least Restrictive Environment
A requirement of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act that students with disabilities should participate in regular education programs to the greatest extent appropriate.