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Term | Definition |
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Assimilation | The process of acquiring a culture |
James Bank | Focuses specifically on developing a multicultural curriculum |
Bilingual Education | Educational programs in which students or limited or no English-speaking ability attend classes taught in their native language |
Cultural Difference theory | Theory that asserts that academic problems can be overcome if educators study and meditate the cultural gap separating school and home |
Cultural Pluralism | Acceptance and encouragement of cultural diversity |
Culturally Responsive Teaching | Recognizing that students learn in different ways, and that effective teachers recognize and respond to those differences |
Culture | A set of learned beliefs, values, and behaviors |
Deficit Theory | Theory that asserts that the values, language patterns, and behaviors that children from certain racial and ethnic groups bring to school put them at an educational disadvantage |
Demographic Forecasting | Study and predictions of people and their vital statistics |
Dual-Language Instruction | |
English as a Second Language | An immersion approach to bilingual education that removes students from the regular classroom to provide instruction in English |
English language learners | Students whose native language is not English and are learning to speak and write English |
English-only movement | Those who support this movement feel that English is a unifying national bond that preserves our common culture |
Ethnicity | Refers to shared common cultural traits such as language, religion, and dress |
Expectation Theory | Theory that holds that a student 's academic performance can be improved if a teacher's attitudes and beliefs about that student's academic potential are modified |
Generalizations | Broad statements about a group that offer information, clues, and insights that can help a teacher plan more efficiently |
Immersion | Bilingual education model that teaches students with limited English by using a sheltered or simplified English vocabulary, yet teaching in English and not in the other language |
Gloria Ladson-Billings | Developed three promising culturally responsive principles for teaching not only African American children but others as well |
Language Submersion | A sink or swim approach where the teacher only teaches English and if the the student does or doesn't learn |
Lau vs Nichols | A case between Kinney Lau and 1800 other Chinese students who were failing their courses because they could not understand English |
maintenance (development) approach | Bilingual model that emphasizes the importance of acquiring English while maintaining competence in the native language |
Multicultural education | |
Multiracial | Term that peters to people whose ancestry consists of more than one race |
Carlos Julius Ovando | A Nicaragua and was anxious to show his teachers what he knew |
Race | Refers to a group of individuals sharing common genetic attributes, physical appearance, and ancestry |
Stereotypes | Absolute statements applied to all members of a group, suggesting that members of a group have a fixed, often inherited set of characteristics |
Stereotype Threat | A measure of how social context, such as self-image, trust in others, and a sense of belonging, can influence academic performance |
Transitional Approach | Uses the native language as a bridge to English language instruction |