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Chapter 1 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accountability | The process of requiring students to demonstrate understanding of the topics they study as measured by standardized tests, as well as holding educators at all levels responsible for students' performance. |
| extrinsic rewards | Rewards that come from without oneself. |
| professionalism | An occupation characterized by a specialized body of knowledge with emphasis on autonomy, decision making, reflection, and ethical standards for conduct. |
| assessment | How student understanding is measured. |
| high-stakes test | Assessments that states and districts use to determine whether or not students will advance from one grade to another, graduate from high school, or have access to specific fields of study. |
| reflection | The process of teachers' thinking about and analyzing their work to assess its effectiveness. |
| autonomy | The capacity to control one's own professional life. |
| intrinsic rewards | Rewards that come from within oneself and are personally satisfying for emotional or intellectual reasons. |
| reforms | Suggested changes in teaching and teacher preparation intended to increase the amount students learn. |
| curriculum | What teachers teach. |
| merit pay | Performance-related pay which provides bonuses for workers who perform their jobs effectively, according to measurable criteria. |
| standards | Statements specifying what students should know and what skills they should have upon completing an area of study. |
| decision-making | Problem solving in ill-defined situations, based on professional knowledge. |
| portfolio | A collection of materials representative of one's work. |
| technician | A person who uses specific skills to complete well-defined tasks. |
| ethics | Sets of moral standards for acceptable professional behavior. |
| professional portfolio | A collection of representative work materials to document developing knowledge and skills. |
| Old Deluder Satan Act | Early Colonial law designed to create scripture-literare citizens who would thwart Satan's trickery. |
| Vouchers | Checks or written documents that parents can use to purchase educational services. |
| Character education | An approach to developing morality that suggests moral values and positive character traits, such as honesty and citizenship, should be emphasized, taught, and rewarded. |
| Common school movement | A historical attempt to make education available to all children in the United States. |
| Normal schools | Two-year institutions developed in the early 1800s to prepare prospective elementary teachers. |
| Comprehensive High School | A secondary school that attempts to meet the needs of all students by housing them and providing curricula options geared toward a variety of student ability levels and interests. |
| Latin Grammar School | A college-preparatory school originally designed to help boys prepare for the ministry or, later, for a career in law. |
| Academy | A secondary school that focused on the practical needs of colonial America as a growing nation. |
| English Classical School | A free school that focused on the practical needs of colonial America as a growing nation. |
| Junior High Schools | Schools that were originally designed in the early 1900s to provide a unique academic curriculum for early adolescent youth. |
| Middle Schools | Schools typically grades 6 to 8, specifically designed to help students through the rapid social, emotional, and intellectual changes characteristic of early adolescence. |
| Assimilation | A process of socializing people so that they adopt dominant social norms and patterns of behavior. |
| “Separate but Equal” | A policy of segregating minorities in education, and other areas of public life if opportunities and facilities were considered equal to those of non-minorities. In education, the policy brought about separate schools, different curricula, teaching method |
| War on poverty | A general term for federal programs designed to eradicate poverty during the 1960s. |
| Compensatory education programs | Government attempts to create more equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. |
| Head Start | A federal compensatory education program designed to help 3-to 5-year old disadvantaged children enter school ready to learn. |
| Title I | A federal compensatory education program that funds supplemental education services for low |
| Magnet Schools | Public schools that provide innovative or specialized programs that attempt to attract students from all parts of a district. |
| Progressive education | A philosophy in 20th century education that describes ways that schools can be effective means to achieve a democratic society Focus is on teaching how things work rather than teaching facts. |
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