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21 Cards in this Set
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Formal schooling |
education that is provided and regulated by society |
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open classroom |
a non bureaucratic approach to education based on democacy, flexibility and non competitiveness |
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cooperative learning |
instructional method that relies on cooperation among students |
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integrative curriculum |
an approach to education based on student-teacher collaberation |
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voucher system |
system in which public school funds may be used to support public private or religious schools |
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charter schools |
public schools that are operated like private schools by public school teachers and administrators |
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magnet schools |
public schools that focus on particular disciplines or areas such as fine arts or science |
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for-profit schools |
schools run by private companies on government funds |
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manifest function |
an action that produces and intended and recognized result |
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latent function |
an action that produces an unintended and unrecognized result |
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tracking |
placement of students in programs according to academic ability levels |
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meritocracy |
a society in which social status is based on ability and achievement |
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competition |
system in which rewards are based on relative performance |
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educational equality |
condition in which schooling produces the same results for lower-class and minority children as it does for other children |
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cognitive ability |
capacity for thinking abstractly |
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cultural bias |
the unfair measurement of the cognitive abilities of people in some social categories |
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school desegregation |
the achievement of a racial balance in the classroom |
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multicultural education |
an educational curriculum that emphasizes differences among gender, ethnic, racial categories |
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compensatory education |
Specific curricular programs designed to overcome a deficiency |
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hidden curricuum |
the nonacademic agenda that teachers discipline, order, cooperativeness, and conformity |
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self-fulfilling prophecy |
a prediction that results in behavior that makes the prediction come true |
