Education & Social Reproduction Unit 2 Vocabulary Education & Social Reproduction

Key Questions: What is the point of school? Why does it look this way? (10%) What does schooling look like in other countries? (80%) Do we need to do schooling and education differently? (10%)

School Institution for educating children Traditional school vs. Home schooling Traditional: teacher-centered delivery of instruction to classes of students who are the receivers of information Home: parents choose to educate their children at home instead of sending them to a traditional public or private school

Public vs. Private vs. Charter Public: school funded by government money and regulated by federal government Private: a school supported by a private organization or private individuals rather than by the government Charter: a publicly funded, but independently operated school under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority (not subject to same regulations as public school.

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Parochial school Montessori School Schooling created by and for a religious ideology (eg, Catholic Schools) Montessori School Named after Dr. Maria Montessori Emphasis: Hands-on learning, self-directed activity, and collaborative play Allows children to make their own choices in learning with teacher as guide (not as master)

Aborigine (noun) refers to person, animal, or plant native to a location Aboriginal (adjective): Indigenous or native, existing before colonial control

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Ethnocentrism Judging other cultures according to preconceptions in your own culture Xenophobia Intense irrational dislike/fear of people from other countries (goes hand-in-hand with racism)

Racism Belief that all members of each race have characteristics or abilities specific to that race that them either inferior or superior to another Sexism Believe that discrimination on basis of sex and gender is justified

Imperialism Policy extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force Existentialism Philosophy that emphasizes the existence of the individual as a free agent who determines their development on their own.

Social Reproduction Production and Reproduction of goods, services, culture and social norms from one generation to the next by the institutions and individuals of a society. “production of goods and services and the production of life are part of the same integrated process”

Cultural Genocide Purposeful and systematic destruction of traditions, values, language, and other elements of a culture