chapter 2 vocabulary Flashcards
assimilation (enculturation)
A child’s acquisition of the cultural heritage through both formal and informal education.
Bilingual education
Educational program in which students get put in a class taught in English and they get put in a class taught in there native language.
Cultural difference theory
A theory that asserts that academic problems can be overcome if educators study
Culturally responsive teaching
An approach to multicultural education that recognizes that students learn in different ways.
Cultural pluralism
Acceptance and encouragement of cultural diversity.
Culture
A set of learned beliefs, values, and behaviors.
Deficit theory
A theory that asserts that the values, language patterns, and behaviors that children bring to school put them at an educational disadvantage.
Demographic forecasting
The study and predictions of people and their vital statistics.
English as a second language
An immersion approach to bilingual education that removes students from the regular classroom.
English language learners
students whose native language is not English and are learning to speak and write English.
Ethnicity
A term that refers to shared common cultural traits such as language, religion, and dress.
Expectation theory
a theory that holds that a students academic performance can be improved if a teachers attitudes and beliefs about that students academic potential are modified.
Generalization
Broad statements about a group that offer information, clues, and insights that can help a teacher more effectively.
Immersion
a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language.
Language submersion
The sink or swim method to learning a second language is where you are put in a class and whatever language they are learning you either learn it or pay the consequences.
