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February 2025
Instructional theory-28.02.2025
Instructional theory-28.02.2025
A discipline that focuses on how to structure material for promoting the education of humans, particularly youth.
A discipline that focuses on how to structure material for promoting the education of humans, particularly youth.
Instructional scaffolding-27.02.2025
Instructional scaffolding-27.02.2025
The provision of sufficient supports to promote learning when concepts and skills are being first introduced to students.
The provision of sufficient supports to promote learning when concepts and skills are being first introduced to students.
Instructional Leadership-26.02.2025
Instructional Leadership-26.02.2025
Actions or behaviors exhibited by an individual or group in the field of education that are characterized by knowledge and skill in the area of curriculum and instructional methodology,.
Actions or behaviors exhibited by an individual or group in the field of education that are characterized by knowledge and skill in the area of curriculum and instructional methodology,.
Instructional design: (also known as instructional systems design)-25.02.2025
Instructional design: (also known as instructional systems design)-25.02.2025
The analysis of learning needs and systematic development of instruction.
The analysis of learning needs and systematic development of instruction.
Instructional capital-24.02.2025
Instructional capital-24.02.2025
A term used in educational administration after the 1960s, to reflect capital resulting from investment in producing learningmaterials.
A term used in educational administration after the 1960s, to reflect capital resulting from investment in producing learningmaterials.
Inquiry education: (sometimes known as the inquiry method)-23.02.2025
Inquiry education: (sometimes known as the inquiry method)-23.02.2025
A student-centered method of education focused on asking questions.
A student-centered method of education focused on asking questions.
Individualized instruction-22.02.2025
Individualized instruction-22.02.2025
A method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner.
A method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner.
Homeschooling: (also home education or home school)-21.02.2025
Homeschooling: (also home education or home school)-21.02.2025
An educational alternative in which children are educated at home and in the community, in contrast to a compulsory education which takes place in an institution such as a publicly run or privately run school.
An educational alternative in which children are educated at home and in the community, in contrast to a compulsory education which takes place in an institution such as a publicly run or privately run school.
History of ideas-20.02.2025
History of ideas-20.02.2025
A field of research in history and in related fields dealing with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time.
A field of research in history and in related fields dealing with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time.
Higher education-19.02.2025
Higher education-19.02.2025
Education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as community colleges, and liberal arts colleges.
Education provided by universities and other institutions that award academic degrees, such as community colleges, and liberal arts colleges.
Hidden curriculum-18.02.2025
Hidden curriculum-18.02.2025
Draws attention to the idea that schools do more than simply transmit knowledge, as laid down in the official curricula.
Draws attention to the idea that schools do more than simply transmit knowledge, as laid down in the official curricula.
Heutagogy-17.02.2025
Heutagogy-17.02.2025
The study of self-determined learning.
The study of self-determined learning.
Habituation-16.02.2025
Habituation-16.02.2025
An example of non-associative learning in which there is a progressive diminution of behavioral response probability with repetition of a stimulus. It is another form of integration.
An example of non-associative learning in which there is a progressive diminution of behavioral response probability with repetition of a stimulus. It is another form of integration.
Gymnasia and Realgymnasia: (singular: Gymnasium)-15.02.2025
Gymnasia and Realgymnasia: (singular: Gymnasium)-15.02.2025
Gymnasia and Real gymnasia: (singular: Gymnasium) and Real gymnasia were the classical higher or secondary schools of Germany from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. Students were admitted at 9 or 10 years of age and were required to have a knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Gymnasia and Real gymnasia: (singular: Gymnasium) and Real gymnasia were the classical higher or secondary schools of Germany from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. Students were admitted at 9 or 10 years of age and were required to have a knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Gifted education-14.02.2025
Gifted education-14.02.2025
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as giftedor talented. Youths are usually identified as gifted by placing highly on certain standardized tests.
Gifted education is a broad term for special practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as giftedor talented. Youths are usually identified as gifted by placing highly on certain standardized tests.
Gifted: (intellectual giftedness)-13.02.2025
Gifted: (intellectual giftedness)-13.02.2025
An intellectual ability significantly higher than average. Gifted children develop asynchronously; their minds are oftenahead of their physical growth, and specific cognitive and emotional functions often are at different stages of development within a single person.
An intellectual ability significantly higher than average. Gifted children develop asynchronously; their minds are oftenahead of their physical growth, and specific cognitive and emotional functions often are at different stages of development within a single person.
Future Problem Solving Program: (FPSP)-12.02.2025
Future Problem Solving Program: (FPSP)-12.02.2025
An international academic competition. Over 250,000 students internationally participate in the Future Problem Solving program every year.
An international academic competition. Over 250,000 students internationally participate in the Future Problem Solving program every year.
Functional illiteracy-11.02.2025
Functional illiteracy-11.02.2025
Refers to the inability of an individual to use reading, speaking, writing, and computational skills efficiently in everyday life situations.
Refers to the inability of an individual to use reading, speaking, writing, and computational skills efficiently in everyday life situations.
Forbidden knowledge: (in contrast to secret knowledge)-10.02.2025
Forbidden knowledge: (in contrast to secret knowledge)-10.02.2025
Used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted ordeprecated for political or religious reasons.
Used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted ordeprecated for political or religious reasons.
Extracurricular activities-09.02.2025
Extracurricular activities-09.02.2025
Activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education.
Activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education.
Expulsion (education)-08.02.2025
Expulsion (education)-08.02.2025
Removing a student from a school or university for violating rules or academic honor codes.
Removing a student from a school or university for violating rules or academic honor codes.
Experiential education: (or "learning by doing")-07.02.2025
Experiential education: (or "learning by doing")-07.02.2025
The process of actively engaging students in an authentic experience that will have benefits andconsequences. Students make discoveries and experiment with knowledge themselves instead of hearing or reading about the experiences of others.
The process of actively engaging students in an authentic experience that will have benefits andconsequences. Students make discoveries and experiment with knowledge themselves instead of hearing or reading about the experiences of others.
Experience-06.02.2025
Experience-06.02.2025
Comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thingor event. The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the concept of experiment.
Comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thingor event. The history of the word experience aligns it closely with the concept of experiment.
Exchange student-05.02.2025
Exchange student-05.02.2025
A student (usually from high school or university) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attends school there.
A student (usually from high school or university) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attends school there.
Epistemology: (from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech))-04.02.2025
Epistemology: (from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos (word/speech))-04.02.2025
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, originand scope of knowledge. Historically, it has been one of the most investigated and most debated of all philosophical subjects.
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, originand scope of knowledge. Historically, it has been one of the most investigated and most debated of all philosophical subjects.
Engagement-03.02.2025
Engagement-03.02.2025
The sentiment a student feels or does not feel towards learning or the learning environment.
The sentiment a student feels or does not feel towards learning or the learning environment.
Empirical knowledge: (or a posteriori knowledge) -02.02.2025
Empirical knowledge: (or a posteriori knowledge) -02.02.2025
Propositional knowledge obtained by experience or sensorial information. It is contrasted with apriori knowledge, or knowledge that is gained through the apprehension of innate ideas, "intuition," "pure reason," or other non-experiential sources.
Propositional knowledge obtained by experience or sensorial information. It is contrasted with apriori knowledge, or knowledge that is gained through the apprehension of innate ideas, "intuition," "pure reason," or other non-experiential sources.
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