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Front 1

Acculturation

Back 1

adding on a characteristic of C2 but still keeping parts of C1; chocolate chip cookie; person keeps their C1 and incorporates portions of C2 that seem important and/or desirable

Front 2

Assimilation

Back 2

Person lives up to their C1 to take on the culture of C2, caterpillar to butterfly

Front 3

AYP

Back 3

Adequate yearly progress, NCLB

Front 4

Biculturalism

Back 4

to be fluent in two sets of cultural norms; ability to move comfortably between two cultures

Front 5

Cultural Capital

Back 5

cultural resources of students; what they bring to the table; assets for associating with members of other cultures; helps or hinders function within the majority culture

Front 6

Cultural identity

Back 6

Culture with which a person identifies and feels most comfortable

Front 7

Culture

Back 7

distinct characteristics that distinguish one group of people from another

Front 8

Comprehensible Input

Back 8

strategies used to shelter academic content; used as a strategy to make academic content understandable

Front 9

Deficit Theory

Back 9

labeling students upon their entering a classroom; a student not of the dominant culture will not be academically successful

Front 10

Equal vs. Equitable

Back 10

Equal means same requirements, same reward; Equitable indicates varied requirements

Front 11

Ethnicity

Back 11

culture that defines who a person is, language spoken, foods eaten, traditions, country of origin

Front 12

Immigrant

Back 12

someone who moves to another country to live for a variety of reasons

Front 13

Institutional Racism

Back 13

practices that either benefit or limit a race or culture, causes disadvantage

Front 14

IQ Achievement Model

Back 14

IQ measured against achievement to check for learning disabilities

Front 15

LEP

Back 15

Limited English Proficient

Front 16

Macro-factors

Back 16

factors that students cannot control

Front 17

Majority Culture

Back 17

white, middle-class, Christian, English-speaking, Americans; members of the dominant culture with the most status and power

Front 18

Meritocracy

Back 18

People receive what they deserve; the rich are rich because they are ambitious, the poor are poor because they are not; has much to do with opportunity

Front 19

Micro-factors

Back 19

things that students have control over; can lend to one's success or failure

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Moral Dimensions

Back 20

Four areas of focus in developing quality teachers: 1) equal access to the curriculum, 2) nurturing pedagogy, 3) acculturating the young to become a part of the democratic process (good citizenship, 4) ensuring responsible stewardship of schools (teachers, administrators, mentors)

Front 21

Passive Racism

Back 21

witnessing racism and letting it happen without saying anything; unintentional racism

Front 22

Positive Resistance

Back 22

Reacting positively to being told "they can't"

Front 23

Race

Back 23

skin color, hair; we are all of the same race; arbitrary designations; distinctions with meaning made between groups of people

Front 24

Refugee

Back 24

people from outside the United States who come from lesser situations; person who moves to a country under the protection of the country for reasons of safety and protection; political asylum (Burmes, Somalian, Sudanese)

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Resistance Theory

Back 25

positive or negative; how students react to being told "they can't"; how you react to how you are being accepted

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Sociocultural Learning Theory

Back 26

an educational theory that says that students learn best when interacting with others

Front 27

Five Standards of Effective Pedagogy

Back 27

1) Joint Productive Activity (JPA),
2) Language and Literacy Development,
3) Contextualization,
4) Challenging Activities,
5) Instructional Conversation