Intro to Teaching: Ch. 1 Vocab

What are Extracurricular Activities?

• Activities that take place before or after school.

• Not based on, or affiliated with, any religion.

• Thinking about ideas and concepts and connecting feelings with thoughts (for example justice or love).

What is curriculum?

• People who design, conduct, and supervise programs to improve the skills of a company’s employees.

• The courses taught in a school, what is taught in each course, and how the courses are sequenced

• A curriculum developed by the teachers and staff of a school or a school district for use in their own classrooms.

School-based Curriculum

• A curriculum developed by the teachers and staff of a school or a school district for use in their own classrooms.

• Learning that takes place when students work in groups to discuss and solve problems together.

• Not based on, or affiliated with, any religion.

Define Nonsectarian:

• 1. Activities that take place before or after school.

• 1. Education that takes place after high school.

• Not based on, or affiliated with, any religion.

What is a person who has less education or experience but works under the supervision of a more highly educated professional.

• Teacher

• Professor

• Paraprofessional

What term refers to an arrangement in which the same teacher and group of students remain in one classroom for most of the day, with one teacher teaching most or all subjects.

• Self-contained Classroom

• Curriculum

• Technical Schools

What is abstract thinking?

• 1. Learning that takes place when students work in groups to discuss and solve problems together.

• Thinking about things that are actually experienced.

• Thinking about ideas and concepts and connecting feelings with thoughts (for example justice or love).

What is concrete thinking?

•  Not based on, or affiliated with, any religion.

• 1. Thinking about things that are actually experienced.

• 1. Thinking about ideas and concepts and connecting feelings with thoughts (for example justice or love).

1.  What is learning that takes place when students work in groups to discuss and solve problems together.

• Collaborative learning

• Abstract thinking

• Nonsectarian

Define Postsecondary Education

• Postsecondary schools that are designated to teach specific skills needed to begin working on trade.

• 1. Education that takes place after high school.

• Postsecondary schools that are designated to teach specific skills needed to begin working on trade.