educational challenges Flashcards
a person who cannot manage to think on their own, to think critically.
Functional Illiterate
the ability to understand, evaluate, use, and engage with written texts to participate in society, achieve one’s goals, and develop one’s knowledge and potential (OECD, 2013, p. 59).
literacy
COLL:
“functional literacy
media literacy
digital literacy
informational literacy
scientific literacy
financial literacy
cultural literacy
critical literacy”
“the fact of being based on sensible or wise thinking.
the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise.
the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice because of the experience and knowledge that you have”
Wisdom
coll:
deep / great / profound wisdom
to challenge / doubt / have doubts about wisdo
wisdom dictates sth / wisdom has it that / wisdom holds sth
according to …, wisdom… / contrary to …, wisdom…
a fount of wisdom
a source of wisdom
in somebody’s wisdom
Do you have any wisdom to impart on this subject?
that is possible and likely to be achieved
feasible
coll:
to appear / be / look feasible
entirely / perfectly / quite feasible
a feasible plan/suggestion/idea
(adj) one who is able and available for work, meets the educational and skill demands of the local labor market, and is not subject to any extraneous conditions
job-ready / job ready
(ph vb)
“to write (something) in a very quick and hurried way.
to write something quickly, putting little effort into it.”
dash sth off
coll: dashing a book off
“Difference between the skills that employers are looking for and the training and experience that candidates possess.
Consiste en que el personal de una empresa carece de las habilidades necesarias para desempeñarse en el puesto que ocupa y esto, sin lugar a dudas, afecta negativamente la productividad, la competitividad y la economía.
_____________ refers to the disparity between the skills an employer expects their employees to have and the actual skills employees possess. This mismatch makes it challenging for employers to fill open positions.”
skills gap
(adj) it typically refers to activities, skills, or behaviors that are focused on and relevant to a particular profession or career. It indicates a focus on honing skills, knowledge, and qualities that are valuable and applicable within a specific professional context.
Professionally-oriented
to make a curriculum more professionaly-oriented
“Teoría o conjunto de teorías cuyo núcleo central se acepta sin cuestionar y que suministra la base y modelo para resolver problemas y avanzar en el conocimiento
a typical example or pattern of something”
Paradigm
a changing paradigm
“A liberal arts degree includes the study of history, literature, writing, philosophy, sociology, psychology, creative arts and more. These programs are designed to help you formulate compelling arguments, communicate well and solve problems.
College or university subjects, such as history, languages, and literature, that develop students’ general education rather than preparing them for a particular job”
Liberal Arts
a liberal arts degree
“someone who can do many different jobs.
Shallow skill in many things.
a person who can do many different types of work, but who perhaps does not do them very well”
Aprendiz de todo, dueño de nada
Jack-of-all-trades (master of none)
“My mom’s a jack of all trades—she learned how to do the repairs around the house; does all the housework and cooking; and can even fix our computers.”
[usually before noun] (formal or humorous) (ADJ)
seeming to be everywhere or in several places at the same time; very common
Ubiquitous
coll:
“Ubiquitous computing
Ubiquitous communicartion
Ubiquitous information”
1) used to talk to people in church or to talk about the members of a male religious group
2) people who are part of the same society as yourself
Brethren (plural)
examples:
1) Let us pray, brethren.
2) We should do all we can to help our less fortunate brethren.
(V)
to supply or provide sb/sth with sth
furnish
(N)
an unpleasant and complicated situation that is difficult to escape from
syn: web
morass
examples:
a morass of lies and deceit
We got bogged down in a morass of detail and bureaucratic red tape.
(V)
[transitive, intransitive] to examine something very carefully in order to decide what is important or useful or to find something important
SIFT
Examples:
sift something: We will sift every scrap of evidence.
Computers are being used to sift the information.
sift through something: Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft.
coll: carefully. for / through
(N)
[countable, usually singular]_________(to somebody/something) a person or thing that causes, or may cause, serious damage, harm or danger
syn: threat
MENACE
coll:
growing, increasing, great MENACE
To pose / combat / counter a menace
a menace to …
examples: “a new initiative aimed at beating the menace of illegal drugs
The communists remain a potential menace to the stability of the government.”
(V)
to make somebody less friendly towards you
to make somebody feel that they do not belong in a particular group
alienate
(V)
- to surround a building, city, etc. with soldiers until the people inside are forced to let you in
- [usually passive] ___________ somebody/something (especially of something unpleasant or annoying) to surround somebody/something in large numbers
- ____________ somebody (with something) to send so many letters, ask so many questions, etc. that it is difficult for somebody to deal with them all
syn: lay siege to
besiege
examples:
Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender.
(figurative) Fans besieged the box office to try and get tickets for the concert.
(V) to make something such as a sound, a feeling, etc. less strong
SYN: DULL
DEADEN
He was given drugs to deaden the pain.
The wood panelling in the rooms deadened any noise from outside.
Coll: to deaden pain
