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Education
The social institution by which a society transmits knowledge--including basic facts and job skills, as well as cultural norms and values--to its members. TERM 2
Schooling
DEFINITION 2 Formal instruction carried out by specially trained teachers. TERM 3
Literacy
DEFINITION 3 The ability to read and write. TERM 4
Tracking
DEFINITION 4 The policy of assigning students to different educational programs. TERM 5
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
DEFINITION 5 A situation in which people who are defined in a certain way eventually think and act as if the definition were true.
English Immersion
The policy of teaching non-English speakers in English. TERM 7
Bilingual Education
DEFINITION 7 The policy of offering most classes in students' native language while also teaching them English. TERM 8
Mainstreaming
DEFINITION 8 Integrating students with special needs into the overall educational program. TERM 9
Special Education
DEFINITION 9 Schooling children with physical or mental disabilities in separate classes with specially trained teachers. TERM 10
Hidden Curriculum
DEFINITION 10 Explicit and subtle presentations of political or cultural ideas in the classroom that support the status quo.
Jonathan Kozol (1991)
Reported school system in Great Neck, New York was spending 5 times more money per student than school systems in Camden, New Jersy. Funding differences result in less quality schools in poorer neighborhoods TERM 17
What did Act 60
do?
DEFINITION 17 1998 - Enacted by Vermont to collect taxes and redistribute them equally in both poor and wealthy communities TERM 18
What do political liberals believe about
cultural capital?
DEFINITION 18 Family income levels have a lot to do with it in home. TERM 19
What do political conservatives believe about
cultural capital?
DEFINITION 19 Matter of importance people attach to schooling and achieving well in school. TERM 20
Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom (2003)
DEFINITION 20 Argue that parents and schools must foster a "culture of success" in order for children to do well. research suggests that on average, black parents expect less of children than white parents do and Asian parents expect most
What can tracking
do?
Amounts to a form of social institution can set in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy TERM 22
Men
are...
DEFINITION 22 encouraged to study the sciences because society believes they are more capable of carrying out a more administrative job TERM 23
Women
are...
DEFINITION 23 encouraged to study more feminine majors such as health professions, teaching, graphic arts, office technology, languages, drama, and dance TERM 24
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
DEFINITION 24 Requires all states to educate all children with disabilitiesand to treat them like anyone else while meeting their special needs. led to policy of mainstreaming and alternative - special education TERM 25
Structural-Functional Analysis
DEFINITION 25 Points out smooth operation of modern societies depends on schooling. teaching wide range of knowledge and skills enables them to take their place as productive adults.
In 1998, Californians passed Proposition 227,
which
banned bilingual programs in favor of the English-immersion approach. TERM 32
By which year had every state enacted a law
requiring children to attend school?
DEFINITION 32 1918 TERM 33
About how many teaching job vacancies are
there each year in the United States?
DEFINITION 33 435,
