PPE Vocabulary

Egocentrism

Self-centeredness

Self-esteem

Feelings of oneself (can be good or bad)

Cognitive doman

Memory and thinking ability

Maturation

Process of growing and changing

Zone of proximal development

Difference between what a student can do alone and with help

Self-actualization

Reaching one's fullest potential

Constructivism

Students constructing knowledge for themselves.

Schema

Mental structure for organizing concepts.

Tactile

Learning by touch

Scaffolding

Support for learning taken away as student progresses.

Accomodation

Learning by combining old material with new knowledge.

Self-efficacy

Self-confidence that one can succeed (good).

Affective domain

Feelings, emotions and attitudes

Modeling

Demonstration of skills to be learned

Metacognition

Thinking about thinking.

Developmentally appropriate

Planning considering age and stage.

Psychomotor doman

Physical activities or skills.

Self-concept

One's perception of self (neither good nor bad).

Interdisciplinary unit

Many subject areas centered around one topic.

Stereotyping

Assumptions about certain types of people.

Multiracial

Having ancestors from different racial groups.

Melting pot theory

Belief that cultures should blend into the main cultures.

Culture

A way of life shared by members of a group.

Field-independent

Perceiving in parts.

Assimilation

Learning by adding new knowledge to existing.

Prejudice

Negative mindset for a group of people.

Ethnicity

Social group defined by certain characteristics

Guided practice

Students working under the direction of the teacher

Acculturation

Keeping elements of both native culture and new culture.

Ethnocentrism

Believing one's culture is better than others.

Higher level thinking skills

Analyzing, evaluating, or manipulating information.

Diversity

Variety of different groups in the same setting.

Field-dependent

Perceiving as a whole.

Cultural pluralism

Valuing many different cultural groups.

KWL

An instructional activity used to establish background knowledge.

Salad bowl theory

Theory of mixing cultures but retaining uniqueness.

Adolescence

A transitional period of physical and psychological development.