Education Glossary

After Social Science at Cegep Montmorency, I will go in education program at university. This glossary is an excellent source to learn more about this program because it talks about many subjects related to education.

Academic degree

A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

Adaptation

The process of changing to suit different conditions.

Comprehensible

Able to be understood.

Course

in the United States, a unit of instruction in one subject, lasting one academic term.

Discipline

The ability to control yourself or other people, even in difficult situations.

Homework

Work that teachers give their students to do at home.

Interaction

An occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other.

Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values, through study, experience, or teaching, that causes a change of behavior that is persistent, measurable, and specified or allows an individual to formulate a new mental construct or revise a prior mental construct (conceptual knowledge such as attitudes or values). It is a process that depends on experience and leads to long-term changes in behavior potential.

Objective

An educational objective is a statement of a goal which successful participants are expected demonstrably to achieve before the course or unit completes.

Patience

The ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed.

Pedagogy

The art or science of teaching. The word comes from the ancient Greek paidagogos, the slave who took little boys to and from school as part of paideia. The word "paidia" (παιδιά) refers to children, which is why some like to make the distinction between pedagogy (teaching children) and andragogy (teaching adults). The Latin word for pedagogy, education, is much more widely used, and often the two are used interchangeably.

Physical education

A course in the curriculum which utilizes the learning medium of large-muscle activities in a play or movement exploration setting. It is almost always mandatory for students in elementary schools, and often for students in middle schools and high schools.

Primary education

(or elementary education) Consists of the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. In most countries, it is compulsory for children to receive primary education (though in many jurisdictions it is permissible for parents to provide it). Primary education generally begins when children are four to seven years of age. The division between primary and secondary education is somewhat arbitrary, but it generally occurs at about twelve years of age (adolescence); some educational systems have separate middle schools for that period.

Private school

A school that does not receive financial support from the government.

Public school

The term has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences.

School

A place designated for learning. The range of institutions covered by the term varies from country to country.

Student

Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb "stŭdērĕ", which means "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. Also known as a disciple in the sense of a religious area of study, and/or in the sense of a "discipline" of learning. In widest use, student is used to mean a school or class attendee. In many countries, the word student is however reserved for higher education or university students; persons attending classes in primary or secondary schools being called pupils.

Teacher

In education, one who teaches students or pupils, often a course of study, lesson plan, or a practical skill, including learning and thinking skills. There are many different ways to teach and help students learn. This is often referred to as the teacher's pedagogy. When deciding what teaching method to use, a teacher will need to consider students' background knowledge, environment, and their learning goals as well as standardized curriculum as determined by their school district.

Test

A way of discovering, by questions or practical activities, what someone knows, or what someone or something can do or is like.

University

A place where people people study for an undergraduate (= first) or postgraduate (= higher level) degree.

Adaptation Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary, http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/adaptation, consulté le 21 septembre 2017. « Glossary of education terms (A–C) », Wikipedia, 14 mars 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_education_terms_(A%E2%80%93C)&oldid=770301196, consulté le 21 septembre 2017.