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17 Cards in this Set
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Melting pot |
a metaphor describing the US in the early decades of the 20th century |
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Cultural pluralism |
the practice of appreciating and respecting ethnic and cultural differences |
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Culture |
the attitudes, belief systems, norms, and traditions shared by a particular group of people that collectively form their heritage |
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Multiculturalism |
referring to more than one culture; acknowledges basic commonalities among groups of people while appreciating their differences |
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Multicultural education |
an ambiguous concept that deals with issues of race, language, social class, and culture, as well as disability and gender. Also viewed as an educational strategy wherein the cultural heritage of each pupil is valued |
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Bilingual education |
an educational approach whereby students whose first language is not English are instructed primarily through their native language while developing competency and proficiency in English |
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Ethnocentrism |
a perspective whereby a person views their cultural practices as correct and those of other groups as inferior, peculiar, or deviant |
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Macroculture |
the shared or national culture of a society |
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Microculutres |
distinct subcultures within a larger culture; these groups maintain their own distinct values, norms, folkways, and identification |
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English Learners (ELs) |
students whose primary language is not English and who have yet to achieve proficiency in English |
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Bilingual Special Education |
strategy by whereby a pupil's home language and culture are used along with English in an individually designed program of SPED |
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Over-representation |
a situation in which a greater number of students from minority groups are placed in SPED programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the gen ed school population |
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Under-representation |
a situation in which fewer children from minority groups are placed in SPED programs than would be expected based on the proportion of pupils in the gen ed school population |
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Field dependent/sensitive |
students who approach learning intuitively rather than analytically and logically. these students tend to find success in cooperative learning situations and group work |
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Nondiscriminatory testing |
Federal mandate that assessments must be conducted in a culturally responsive fashion |
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Multiple intelligences |
an alternative perspective on intelligence suggesting that there are many different kinds of intelligence |
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Portfolio assessment |
a type of authentic assessment; samples different work products gathered over time and across curriculum areas are evaluated |
