Examen 1 Vocab: Educación Flashcards
La cátedra
Chair, desk, podium (the teacher’s)
El claustro de profesores
Faculty meeting
La clase magistral
Master class
El crédito
Loan, credit (as in financial)
El decanato
Deanship, the dean’s office, position of the dean
El/La decano/a
The dean
El doctorado
Doctorate, PhD
El/La doctorando/a
Doctoral student
Doctorar
To award a doctorate
El grado
Year, grade (mi sobrino está en tercer grado)
El/La lector/a
The reader
La licenciatura
Bachelor’s degree
La maestría
Master’s degree
La memoria
- Memory
2. Report, statement
Las oposiciones
Entrance exams, public examinations
El/La rector/a
Dean, chancellor
La tesina
The thesis, the dissertation
El tribunal de examen
Exam board
La calificación
The grade, the marks
El control
The control, the monitoring, the regulation
Matrícula de honor
Outstanding, excellent, with honors
La Prueba Accesso Universidad (PAU)
Entrance exams
La rectificación
alteration, correction
La valoración
valuation, assessment, worth
Acreditar
To get accredited (confirm, prove)
Adecuarse a
To adjust to, adapt yourself to, grow accustomed to
Ajustarse a
To stick to, stay within, adjust yourself to
Calificar
To grade, or mark.
Clausurar
To close, end, shut down
Constar de
To consist of, to be made up of, to have
Convalidar
To validate, recognize, honor, accept
Deducir
- To deduce, work out
2. To deduct, subtract
Denegar
To deny, refuse, turn away
Emitir un informe
To announce, broadcast a report
Enumerar
Count, list, enumerate
Especificar
To specify
Estar constituido por
To consist of
La adquisición de conocimientos
Acquisition of knowledge
Analfabetismo
illiteracy
El año lectivo/sabático
School year / Gap year
El centro acreditado
the accredited center (?)
La didáctica
educational/teaching
La disciplina
the discipline
El/la docente
The teacher
El/La educador/-a
the teacher
La enseñanza presencial / a distancia / (no) reglada
face-to-face teaching / distance teaching / (un)regulated teaching
La escolarización
education/schooling / going to school
La estrategia de aprendizaje
The learning strategy
La etapa formativa/educativa
The learning years / formative years
El expediente académico
the academic record
La formación continua
continuing education (?)
El fracaso escolar
school failure
La materia troncal / optativa
Core material / Optional material
La metodología
the methodology
La reforma educativa
Educational reform
El archivador
the filing cabinet
El campus virtual
Virtual campus
El cañón
- The cannon (weapon)
- The standards / norms / ideals
- The canyon
- The pipe / tube
La charla
the chat / chatter
El curso de reciclaje
Refresher course
El dicho
Already said / aforementioned
Dichoso
- happy
2. damn, damned / blasted / dang, darned
El/la empollón/-a
Nerd
El esbozo
The outline / sketch / draft / rough draft
El folio
the sheet / page
La matrícula
- Enrollment
2. License plate
El/La novato/a
The novice
Plantear una duda
To sow doubt
La regla mnemotécnica
Mnemotic rule (rules for memorization)
El resguardo
- Shelter / protection
- Receipt / ticket
- Leeway / clearance
El taller
The studio / workshop
Evaluar
To evaluate
Expedir
To send out / issue
Exponer
- To explain / present / exhibit
2. To risk
Homologar
To standardize, make equivalent
Impartir
To give, to impart, to share, to teach
Inaugurar
To open, open up, to start, to begin
Optar
To opt, to choose
Otorgar
- To award, to give
2. To consent
Razonar
To think, to reason
Sacar el curso
To take the course
Sintetizar
To summarize, to synthesize
Verbalizar
To verbalize, to express
Calentarse la cabeza
to obsess, to be consumed, to be preoccupied
Dormirse en los laureles
to rest on your laurels (relax when you shouldn’t be)
Estar chupado
To be a piece of cake
Hacer la pelota
to suck up to
Hacer la vista gorda
to suck up to
Saber al dedillo
to know something like the back of your hand
Ser un fiero
to be an ace (at something)
Ser un hacha
to be an ace / to be outstanding (at something)
