Educational Psychology Chapter 4
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Ch. 4 Voc.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Socioeconomic status (SES) | Measure of prestige within a coical group that is most often based on income and education |
| Middle Class | families whose wage earners are in occupations that require education |
| Working Class | Have stable occupations not requiring higher education |
| Lower class | Urban or rural underclass who are unemployed and might be living on the government |
| Culture | Language, attitudes, ways of behaving, and other aspects of life that characterize a group of people |
| Ethnic group | Group within a larger society that sees itself as having a common history, social and culture heritage, and traditions, often based on race, religion, language, or national identity |
| Ethnicity | A history, culture, and sense of identity shared by a group of people. |
| Race | Visible genetic characteristics of individuals that cause them ti be seen as members of the same broad group |
| Minority Group | An ethnic or racial group that is a minority within a broader population |
| Language minority | In the US, native speakers of any language othen than English |
| Limited English Proficient (LEP) | Possessing limited mastery of English |
| English as a second language (ESL) | Subject taught in English classes and programs for students who are not native speakers of English |
| Bilingual education | Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language |
| Multicultural education | Education that teaches value of cultural diversity |
| Content integration | Teacher's use of examples, data, and other information from a variety of cultures |
| Knowledge construction | Helping students understand how knowledge we take in is influenced by our origins and points of view |
| Prejudice reduction | Critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds |
| Equity Pedagogy | Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class |
| Empowering school culture | School culture in which the institution organization and practices are conductive to the academic and emotional growth of all students |
| Gender bias | Stereotypical views and differntial treatment of males and females often favoring one gender over another |
| Sex-role behavior | Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other |
| Multiple Intelligences | In Gardner's theory of intelligence, a person's eight seperate abilities. |
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