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Module Eight
Flashcard Assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affirmation | An assertion of support or agreement |
| Aptitudes | A natural tendency to do something well, especially one that can be further developed |
| Interest inventory | An assessment of likes and dislikes |
| Mature attitude | Showing the mental, emotional, or physical characteristics associated with a fully developed adult person |
| Stimulus | Something that encourages an activity or a process to begin, increase, or develop |
| Etiquette | Having good manners when dealing with people |
| Interpersonal skills | Interpersonal skills |
| Tact | The ability to say and do things in a way that will not offend another person |
| Dilemma | a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Gave the government a strong legal tool to prevent job discrimination and paved the way for equal opportunity. |
| Auditory | Relating to the sense of hearing. |
| Generativity | State of human development often referred to as the working years" between a person's late twenties and early sixties. when he or she is productive in the world pf work. develops a family and reexamines personal beliefs and values. |
| Assessment | The act of evaluation |
| Work Ethic | How a person feels about hes/her job and the effort he/she puts into it |
| Work Values | Ideas and beliefs concerning career/work that are important to a person and govern his/her perception of job/occupation/career |
| Change process | sequence of steps or activities that a management team or project leader follow to apply change management |
| Developmental progression | the purposeful sequencing of teaching and learning expectations across multiple developmental stages, ages, or grade levels |
| Interrelated | related to or connected to one another |
| Developmental changes | the process of change that occurs in human beings throughout development |
| transitions | the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another |
| Analogy | a comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand |
| Apprenticeship | One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business |
| Career Cluster | provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme su |
| Concise | using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief |
| Cooperative Education | a school program that allows students to receive academic credit for career work in the student's field of interest done outside the school |
| Correlation | a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things |
| Dual enrollment | involves students being enrolled in two separate, academically related institutions. Generally, it refers to high school students taking college courses. |
| IB courses | International baccalaureate, offering internationally recognized courses |
| Formal Learning | highly institutionalized, bureaucratic, curriculum driven, and formally recognized with grades, diplomas, or certificates |
| Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) | appointed by the Secretary of Labor to determine the skills our young people need to succeed in the world of work. |
| Accuplacer/ASSET | Advising, Placement, and Retention System – an assessment-advising program designed to identify the basic skill levels of students as they enter two-year institutions. |
| Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) | is a test developed and maintained by the United States Department of Defense. |
| Competency | the quality of being adequately or well qualified in a skill or ability. |
| Credential | a professional or industry certification proving a person's qualifications, awarded for occupational competency typically by passing an exam. |
| Doctoral Degree | postgraduate academicdegreeawarded by universities, highest level of academic degree. Everyone is familiar with the medical doctor, who holds an M.D. (Medical Doctorate). |