Vocab Terms Flashcards
Achievement gap
Gap between how students perform based on cultural background
Gifts
Acronym for great ideas in teaching. Learning activities to use in future classroom
Teacher disposition
Beliefs and attitudes related to values that influence how a teacher believes a student can learn that results in conscious and unconscious actions.
At-risk
Doesn’t blame student or culture for lacking, but indicates a greater likelihood of failure due to circumstances beyond child’s or group’s control
Macro factors
Factors kids have no control over
Micro factors
Factors kids do have control over
Multiculturalism
Goal is to look for cause of issue or concern in the most broadly conceived fashion
Celebratory multiculturalism
An affirmation of the value of diversity; appreciates the beliefs, traditions, and values of different cultural groups.
Critical multiculturalism
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Transformative multicultural education
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Equity vs. equality
Equality- treated the same
equity- treatment is adapted to individual needs
Contrasting obligations
Diversity- be nice/appreciate each other
Equality- ensuring everyone has the same resources and privileges even if it means giving up your own
Meritocracy
Anyone who works hard enough will succeed
Social reproduction
Institutions have processes which sustain/perpetuate the social structure
Moral obligations of teachers
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Institutional level of analysis (macro)
Major factors in a person’s life that they might not be able to control
Interpersonal level of analysis (micro)
Factors that have a relatively small impact on the individual
Intersectionality of macro and micro
Looking at the whole picture; both macro and micro factors