Terminology

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Class mobility

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The ability to move up or down the social and economic ladder

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Class

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System of ordering a society, people are divided based on economic/social status

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Critical theory

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A way of looking at society, that questions, power, inequality, and injustice

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Cultural capital

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The knowledge, skills and behaviours that help people succeed in society

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Diversity

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The presence of different people, ideas or cultures in a group

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Ethnicity

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A group of people who share culture, language, or ancestry

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Stereotyping

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Assuming that all people in a group are the same, this is often unfair

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Marginalized

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People who are pushed to the edges of society and given fewer opportunities

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Prejudice

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Judging people unfairly based on personal bias

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Xenophobia

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Fear or dislike of people from other countries or cultures

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Minority

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A smaller group of people with a larger population, often with less power

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Hegemony

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One group has dominance or control over others

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Assimilation

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What a person or group adopts the culture of a larger group

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Pluralism

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A society were different cultures or groups coexist, while keeping their differences

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Eurocentrism

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Senior pink culture as superior to others

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Social mobility

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Moving up or down in social or economic status

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Sexual orientation

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Who someone is attracted to romantically or physically

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Gender

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Social and cultural roles, behaviors, and identities linked to be male and female

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Identity

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How a person sees themselves and what makes them unique

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Equality

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Treating everyone the same regardless of differences

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Equity

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Giving people what they need to be fair, even if it’s different from others

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Intersectionality

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How different parts of a person’s identity combined to shape their experiences

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Multiculturalism

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A society that includes and values different cultures

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Noblesse Oblige

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Idea that wealth and privileged people have a duty to help those less fortunate

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Social stratification

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The way society ranks people into different social or economic levels

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Discrimination

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Treating people unfairly based on characteristics like race, gender or religion

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White privilege

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The advantages why people may have in a society due to systematic racism, even if they don’t realize it

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Conservative

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Preferring traditional values and resisting rapid change in society or politics

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Progressive

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Supporting social change, equality, and new ideas to improve society

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Learner outcomes

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Specific measurable statements, describing what students should know, understand, and be able to do after completing a learning experience

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Blanket exercise

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An interactive experimental workshop that uses blankets to represent land and participants to represent indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. It explores the relationships and impacts of colonization.

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Treaty education

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An educational approach that focusses on understanding the history and significance and implications of treaties. It promotes reconciliation and fosters the shared understandings of rights responsibilities, and relationship relationships.

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Nonverbal communication

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Convey messages without words, but through elements like facial expressions, body, language, eye contact, etc.

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Blooms taxonomy

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Model that describes the cognitive process of learning and developing mastery of subject

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School choice

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Refers to educational options that allow students and families to select alternatives to their assigned public school

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Charter schools

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Anonymous nonprofit public schools designed to offer innovative or enhanced learning educational programs and operate independently from traditional school boards. They are funded by the government.

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First nation schools

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Educational institutions manage and operated by first nation, communities, often on reserves, funded by the federal government

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John Dewey

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Believe that all aspects of real life can provide educational experiences, and that students should constantly interact with the world to develop new ideas, new understandings, and new habits

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Anti-racist, education

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This encompasses education, initiative that promote global understanding, inner cultural confidence and international citizenship, fostering connections, and respect between people from different cultures and countries

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School council

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This is a collective association of parents, teachers, secondary students, principles and staff. A community whose purpose is to advise the principal and school board on matters related to schools with the goal to support and enhanced school learning.

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Local school board

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Overseen budgets and ensuring the best possible education for students, advised by the school council

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School superintendent

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The chief executive officer of a school district or authority, who is responsible for managing and overseeing all schools and educational programs within that area

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School principal

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Highest ranking administrator in an elementary, middle or high school. Responsible for providing leadership and coordination to ensure effective education, educational programs and promote student success.