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Schools&SocietyWGU
General Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | - A process of socializing people so that they adopt dominant social norms and patterns of behavior |
| Immersion programs | Language program that emphasizes rapid transition to English |
| Sexual harassment | Unwanted and/or unwelcome sexual behavior tht interferes with a student’s sense of well-being |
| Caring | A teacher’s investment in the protection and development of the young people in his or her classes. |
| Latchkey children | - Children who go home to empty houses after school and who are left alone until parents arrive home from work. |
| Single-gender classes and schools | Classes and schools where boys and girls are segregated for part or all of the day. |
| Culturally-responsive teaching | Instruction that acknowledges and accommodates cultural diversity. |
| Learning style | Students’ personal approaches to learning, problem solving, and processing information |
| Socioeconomic status | The combination of family income, parents’ occupations, and the level of parental education. |
| Culture | The knowledge, attitudes, values, customs, and behavior patterns that characterize a social group. |
| Middle class | Socioeconomic level composed of managers, administrators, and white-collar workers who perform nonmanual work. |
| Students placed at-risk | Students in danger of failing to complete their education with the skills necessary to survive in modern society. |
| English as a second language (ESL) programs | Language program that emphasizes rapid transition to English. |
| Multicultural education | A general term that describes a variety of strategies schools use to accommodate cultural differences in teaching and learning. |
| Underclass | - People with low incomes who continually struggle with economic problems. |
| Ethnicity | A person’s ancestry; the way individuals identify themselves with the nation from which they or their ancestors came. |
| Resilient students | - Students placed at-risk who have been able to rise above adverse conditions to succeed in school and in other aspects of life. |
| Upper class | - The socioeconomic class composed of highly educated (usually a college degree), highly paid (usually above $170,000) professionals who make up about 5 percent of the population. |
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