Edu 200: Introduction To Professional Education Experiences

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Education

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The lifelong process by which humans develop their mind, character, and skills; marked by continual development and change.

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Effective Schools

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Schools that provide a significantly better education (measured by student scores) for a much larger percentage of their students than other schools with a similar student population.

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Reflection

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Conscious and analytical thought by an individual about what he or she is doing and how the action effects others.

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School Cultures

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The prevailing mores, values, and rituals that permeate a school.

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Social Reconstructionists

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Proponents of the theory of education that schools and teachers need to engage in the restructuring and reforming of society to eradicate its ills and shortcomings.

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Socialization

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The general process of social learning whereby children learn the many things they must know to become acceptable members of society.

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Assimilation

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The absorption of an individual or a group into the cultural tradition of a population or another group,.

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Bilingual Education

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A variety of approaches to educating students who speak a primary language other than English.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching

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A method of embracing students' cultural backgrounds by modifying classroom conditions or activities to include elements that relate to the students' culture.

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Inclusion

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The commitment to educate each child, to the maximum extent appropriate, in the regular school and classroom rather than moving children with disabilities to separate classes or institutions.

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Individualized Education Program (IEP)

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A management tool required for every student covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
It must indicate a student's current level of performance, short-and long-term instructional objectives, services to be provided, and criteria and schedules for evaluation of progress.

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Individualized Family Services Plan

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Similar to a IEP for school aged children, the ISFP specifies the services to be provided to developmentally delayed children from birth to age two.
Authorized by PL99-457, the Education of Handicapped Act Amendments.

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Learning Style (Multiple Intelligences)

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Characteristic way a student learns, include factors such as the way an individual processes information, preference for competition or cooperation, and preferred environmental conditions such as lighting or noise level.

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Least Restrictive Environment

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A requirement of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act that students with disabilities should participate in regular education programs to the greatest extent appropriate.

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Mainstreaming

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The practice of placing special education students in general education classes for at least part of the school day while also providing additional services, programs, or classes as needed.

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Multicultural Education

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An approach to education that recognizes cultural diversity and fosters cultural enrichment of all children and youth.

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Multiple Intelligences

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A theory of intelligence put forth by Howard Gardner that identifies at least eight dimensions of intellectual capacities that people use to approach problems and create products.

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Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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A system for measuring the economic conditions of people using the family's occupational status, income, and educational attainment as measure of status.

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Special Education

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Educational programming provided by schools to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

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At-risk Students

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Students judged to be in serious jeopardy of not completing school or not succeeding in school.