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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.