Education Flashcards
Academic degree
A degree is any of a wide range status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.
Assessment
The process of documenting, usually in mesurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs.
Curriculum
The set of courses and their contents offered by an institution such as a school or university. In the US, the basic curriculum is established by each state with the individual school districts adjusting it to their desires ; in Australia each state’s Education Department sets the various curricula.
E-learning
An approach to facilitate and enhance learning through, and based in, both computer and communication technology. Such devices can include personal computers, digital television, tablets and mobile phones. Communications technology enables the use of the Internet, email, discussion forums, collaborative software and team learning systems.
Exchange student
A student who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attends school there. That host family often also sends a child of theirs abroad, usually to the same country as the student they are hosting. The main purpose of exchange programs is to increase cultural understanding, both for the student and the people in the host country he/she comes into contact with.
First-year
Yard 1-4
A sophomore student is a 2nd-year student
Gap year
Also known as a sabbatical year, is typically a year-long break before or after college/university during which student engage in various educational and developmental activities, such as travel or some type of regular work.
Grade (US)
Mark (UK)
Level indicating the quality of a student’s work (A to F, percentage…)
Graduate school
Division of university offering advanced programs beyond the bachelor’s degree, like Master’s and Ph.D
Undergraduate school
Up to the bachelor’s
Higher education
Education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as community colleges, and liberal arts colleges
Internship
A period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time.
Note taking
The practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. Notetaking is an important skill for students, especially at the college level. Computers, particularly tablets PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are beginning to see wide use as notetaking devices.
Postgraduate education (or Quaternary education)
The fourth-stage educational level, and follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. Graduate school is an example of quaternary education ; some consider master-level degrees as part a tertiary education ; some consider postdoctoral positions to be quaternary education while others consider them to be jobs.
Problem solving
Forms part of thinking. It occurs if an organism or an artificial intelligence system does not know how to proceed from a given state to a desired goal state. It is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping.
Public education
Schooling provided for the general public by the government, whether national or local, and paid for by taxes, which leads to is often being called state education. Schools provided under such as system are called public schools in many countries, but in England the term «public school» refers to an elite of privately funded independent schools which had their origins in medieval schools funded by charity to provide education for the poor.
Research
Often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. This intellectual investigation produces a greater understanding of events, behaviors, or theories, and makes practical applications through laws and theories.
Rubric (academic)
In education, a rubric is a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student’s performance, such as in a paper, project, or essay.
Science fair
Generally a competition where constants create a project related to science or some scientific phenomenon. Science fairs usually are involved with children and schooling ; however, the term can be used to describe science fairs independent of the age of the contestants involved. They are often also combined with competition in mathematics or history.
Skill
An ability, usually learned, to perform actions.
STEM fields
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields are collectively considered core technological underpinnings of an advanced society. In many forums (including political/governmental and academic) the strength of the STEM workforce is viewed as an indicator of a nation’s ability to sustain itself.
Student loans
Loans offered to students to assist in payment of the costs of professional education. These loans usually carry lower interests than other loans, and are usually issued by the government
Student organization
A voluntary association of students at institutions of secondary and higher education for a specific legal purpose. Such organizations are often sponsored through and receive funding from a student government.
Syllabus
A document with an outline and summary of topics to be covered in a course. It is often either set out by an exam board, or prepared by the professor who teaches the course, and is usually given to each student during the first class session.
