Here are the student submitted vocabulary terms this week. I think they are fantastic and these students show some successful research in finding out and defining these terms! The rest of the words will be added next time. If there are words you have questions about, you can post a question right here and someone from the appropriate group will answer you. The rest of the words will be on next week’s vocabulary list. One thing I would like each group to post, in the comments section is the source of your definition. The Montessori group has done this already, but the others should add a source.
1. Classification : when a person is able to make a group of objects with common characteristics.
Ex. The homework is to classify objects by colors.
2. Ego centrism : is a person who think that the world orbits around him/her.
Ex. Rebecca is an egocentric person and she thinks that the world orbits around her.
3. Stage : a phase a child’s development in which is able to understanding some things but not others.
Ex. Kids learn how to walk in the childhood stage.
From Chris’ Blog about Herbert Spencer
4. Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a belief, popular in the late Victorian era in England, America, and elsewhere, which states that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. Social Darwinism
From Christians bog about Paulo Freire
Two terms that we need to be familiar with to understand Paulo Freire are:
5. Critical pedagogy: As an educational movement, guided by passion and principle, to help students develop consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritarian tendencies, and connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive action.
6. Pedagogy of the Oppressed: This word was written by Paulo Freire. It was like the way that a professor teach students who are oppressed. Oppressed means that are people who are worried and unhappy. The first book was public in Portuguese and then was translate to English.
From Eduard’s Blog about heinrich pestalozzi
7. perception: means fully formed concepts in a child, (the child forms a concept as a result of sense-impression which is understanding achieved through using the senses on real objects.
From Jamlec’s Blog : Term Used by Maria Montessori
8. Absorbent mind: a mind able to absorb knowledge quickly and effortlessly. Ex Montessori said the children from birth to six years has an “absorbent mind”
9. Prepared enviroment: the Montessori classroom is an enviroment prepared by the adult for children. It contains all essentials for optimal development but nothing superflous. These include order and reality, beauty and simplicity. everything is child-sized to enhance the children’s independent functioning. A trained adult a large enough group of children of mixed ages make up a vital part of the prepared enviroment.
10. Montessori method: this refers to the Montessori philosophy and specific approach to teaching, learning and use of material. Beside the others, Montessori methods, Montessori method of education is designed to take full advantage of the children’s desire to learn and their unique ability to develop their own capabilities.
From Jasleen’s Blog about Jane Addams
11. Socialized Education
This is an educational philosophy that proposes and special emphasis on building connection between students and the society as well as taught academic skills and subjects, for instance what the professor does with us, teaching us the essential abilities required in the American college.
12. Progressivism
A revolutionary movement that believes in the individuality and the change are essential in the education rejecting the conservative methods of education such as the use of drilling rote . This movement influenced Jane Addams ideas of including social aspect in the method of education.
