220 Education Psychology - Chapter 5

Front 1

Mosaic

Back 1

The idea that individuals can maintain their culture and identity while still being a respected part of the larger society

Front 2

Melting pot

Back 2

A metaphor for the absorption and assimilation of immigrants into the mainstream of society so that ethnic differences vanish

Front 3

Multicultural education

Back 3

Education that teaches the value of cultural diversity

Front 4

Culture

Back 4

The knowledge, rules, traditions, attitudes, and values that guide the behaviour of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their environment

Front 5

Socioeconomic status (SES)

Back 5

Relative standing in the society based on income, power, background, and prestige

Front 6

Resistance culture

Back 6

Group values and beliefs about refusing to adopt the behaviour and attitudes of the majority culture

Front 7

Tracking

Back 7

Assignment to different classes and academic experiences based on achievements

Front 8

Ethnicity

Back 8

A cultural heritage shared by a group of people

Front 9

Race

Back 9

A group of people who share common biological traits that are seen as self-defining by the people of the group

Front 10

Minority group

Back 10

A group of people who have been socially disadvantaged - not always a minority in actual numbers

Front 11

Prejudice

Back 11

Prejudgment, or irrational generalization about an entire category of people

Front 12

Stereotype

Back 12

Schema that organizes knowledge or perceptions of a category

Front 13

Discrimination

Back 13

Treating particular categories of people unequally

Front 14

Stereotype threat

Back 14

The extra emotional and cognitive burden that one's performance in an academic situation might confirm a stereotype that others hold

Front 15

Sexual identity

Back 15

A complex combination of beliefs and orientations about gender roles and sexual orientation

Front 16

Gender-role identity

Back 16

Beliefs about characteristics and behaviour associated with one gender as opposed to the other

Front 17

Gender schemas

Back 17

Organized networks of knowledge about what it means to be male or female

Front 18

Gender biases

Back 18

Different views of males and females, often favouring one gender over the other

Front 19

Heritage language programs

Back 19

Programs that offer opportunities for students to receive instruction in their own language

Front 20

Culturally inclusive classrooms

Back 20

Classrooms in which procedures, rules, grouping strategies, attitudes, and teaching methods do not cause conflicts with the students' culturally influenced ways of learning and interacting

Front 21

Collectivism/interdependent societies

Back 21

Societies in which it is more important to connect with others than distinguish yourself

Front 22

Sociolinguistics

Back 22

The study of formal and informal rules for how, when, and what, to whom, and how long to speak in conversations within cultural groups

Front 23

Participation structures

Back 23

The formal and informal rules for how to take part in a given activity

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Culturally relevant pedagogy

Back 24

Excellent teaching for students from visible minorities that includes academic success and developing/maintaining cultural competence and critical consciousness to challenge the status quo

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Resilience

Back 25

The ability to adapt successfully in spite of difficult circumstances and threats to development