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Details Title: Midterm - terms Description: Terms from the Chapters on the midterm Total Flash Cards: 56 Created: 04/08/2008 20:28:01	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Acculturation Definition Adoption of the dominant group's culture patterns by a new or oppressed group Term Culture Definition Socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing, feeling and acting within a group Term Discrimination Definition The arbitrary denial of the privileges and rewards of society to members of a group Term Egalitarianism Definition A belief in social, political and economic rights and privileges for all people Term Enculturation Definition Process of acquiring the characteristics of a given culture and becoming competent in its language and ways of behaving and learning Term Ethnocentrism Definition View that one's culture group is superior to all others Term Informal Curriculum Definition Rules that guide the expected behaviors and attitudes of students Term Marginalization Definition Relegation to a position that is not part of the mainstream or accepted by most people Term Meritocracy Definition A system based on the belief that an individual's achievements are based on their own personal merits and hard work Term Prejudice Definition Negative attitudes about a group of people Term Socialization Definition Process of learning the social norms and expectations of the culture Term Structural Assimilation Definition Assimilation of groups to the point that they share primary relationships, intermarry, and have equality with the dominant group Term Macroculture Definition Dominant culture in society Term Microultures Definition Individual aspects in a person uniqueness, different factions Term Cultural Pluralism Definition The maintenance of cultures as parallel and equal to the dominant culture in society Term Ascribed Status Definition Characteristics such as ethnicity, race socioeconomic level and gender that are assigned at birth by families and society Term Classism Definition The View that one's class (Middle or upper class) makes one superior to members of classes perceived below one's own Term Mckinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act Definition The federal legislation that outlined the education rights and protections for homeless children and youth Term Self-Fulfilling prophecy Definition in education, the projection of the teacher's expectations for student achievement being realized in the studen'ts performance in the classroom, whether ornot it mattches the students academic potential Term Socioeconomic Status Definition SES- Composite of the economic status of families or persons on the basis of occupation, educational attainment and income Term Tracking Definition The practice of separating students based on their perceived academic abilities to receive instruction that is supposed to be most appropriate to their abilities Term Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Definition a minimum level of improvement-measurable in terms of student performance that school districts and schools must achieve within specific time frames specified in the law NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Term Ethnic Group Definition Membership based on one's national origin or the national origin of one's ancestors when they immigrated to the United States Term Nativism Definition Policy favoring assimilated ethnic groups in a country over immigrants Term Nationalism Definition Identity and membership based on a common language and culture in a nation that includes loyalty and devotion to the nation Term Racism Definition The belief that one race has inherent superiority over all others and thereby has right to dominate Term Title IX Definition Legislation passed by Congress in 1972 to provide girls equal access to all aspects of education Term deductive Definition a way of thinking and reasoning that begins with the general and moves to the details Term Inductive Definition A way of thinking and reasoning that begins with the details to figure out the general Term ADA Definition American with Disabilities Act - Passed on Jan. 26, 1990, designed to end discrimination against ind. with disabilities in private sector employment. It was intended to complete what section 504 couldn't Term Biased Assessment Definition Assessments that tend to be biased toward a particular group or against a group Term IEP Definition Individualized Education Program - a written program required for all children with disabilities under IDEA Term LRE Definition Least Restrictive Environment - the educational setting closest to a regular school or general setting in which the child with a disability can be educated Term Normalization Definition Means "making available to all person with disablities or other handicaps, patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to or indeed the same as the regular circumstances and ways of life society" Term Over Referrals Definition typically related to practice of excessive or disproportionate referrals to special education Term Under Referrals Definition Disproportionately low referrals by teachers of children for specific programs or actiities Term Accent Definition Refers to how an individual pronounces words Term Additive Bilingualism Definition Occurs when two languages are of equal value and neither dominates the other Term ASL Definition American Sign Language - A natural language that has been developed and used by person who are deaf using a system of manual gestures Term Argot Definition somewhat secret vocabulary of a co-culture group Term Bilingual Education Definition the use of two languages as media of instruction Term Black English Definition A dialect which is also known as vernacular Black, Ebonics Term Co-Cultures Definition Groups of people who exist and function apart from dominant culture Term Colloquialisms Definition The informal or conversational speech in a community Term Dialects Definition Variations of a language usually determined by region or social class Term ESL Definition English as a second language instruction relies exclusively on English for teaching and learning the English Language Term ELL Definition English Language Learners - Term used for students who have limited or no English skills and who are in the process of learning English Term Formal Standard Definition Acceptable written language that is typically found in grammar boooks Term Informal STandard Definition The language considered proper in a community Term Standard English Definition The English spoke by a particular group of indiviiduals in a community. Term Vernacular Definition A native language, dialect or speech Term At Risk Definition Youth who live in a disadvantaged status Term Child Abuse Definition The physical pr psychological mistreatment of children Term Emotional Abuse Definition A pattern of psycologically destructive behavior Term Generation X Definition The generation born between 1965 and 1976 Term Generation Y Definition The children of baby boomers and the younger siblings of Generation X who were born between the early 80s and 1994