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Alphabetical List of Terms

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

  • A
    • a posteriori
    • a priori
    • academy
    • accelerated learning
    • access course
    • accommodation
    • accountability
    • accreditation
    • acculturation
    • achievement
    • action plan
    • action research
    • active learning
    • adaptation
    • adhocracy
    • administration
    • adolescence
    • adult education
    • advance organiser
    • affective
    • affirmative action
    • agency
    • aggregation
    • aims
    • alienation
    • alignment
    • alternative education
    • alumni (pl.) / alumnus (sing.)
    • analogy
    • analysis
    • analytic phonics
    • analytic/synthetic
    • andragogy
    • anomaly
    • anomie
    • anthroposophy
    • anti-social
    • antithesis
    • aphasia
    • aporia (noun) / aporetic (adj.)
    • applied research
    • appraisal
    • apprenticeship
    • aptitude
    • arts
    • asocial
    • Asperger's syndrome
    • assertive discipline
    • assessment
    • assignment
    • assimilation
    • assumptions
    • at risk
    • atomistic
    • attainment
    • attainment gap
    • attendance
    • attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    • attitude
    • attrition
    • audit
    • aural
    • authentic
    • authoritarian
    • authority
    • autism
    • autodidact
    • automaticity
    • autonomy
    • axiom
  • B
    • backwash
    • bad faith
    • badges
    • balance
    • banding
    • bank
    • banking model
    • baseline assessment
    • basics
    • begging the question
    • behaviour management
    • behaviour modification
    • behaviourism
    • bell-shaped curve
    • benchmark
    • bias
    • Big Brother
    • bilateral school
    • bildung
    • bilingualism
    • blended learning
    • Bloom's taxonomy
    • boarding school
    • borderline
    • bourgeois
    • brainstorming
    • breadth
    • bright
    • buddy
    • bullying
    • bureaucracy
    • burgh schools
    • buzz session
  • C
    • campus
    • canon
    • capability
    • capacity
    • capitalism
    • capitation
    • care ethics
    • carousel
    • cascading
    • case study
    • catchment area
    • category mistake
    • central institutions
    • centralisation
    • chaining
    • charity school
    • child
    • child abuse
    • child development
    • child guidance
    • child protection
    • child-centred
    • choice
    • circular
    • citizenship
    • civil service
    • civil society
    • class
    • class contact
    • class teaching
    • classical conditioning
    • classroom management
    • climate
    • closed question
    • cloze procedure
    • co-curriculum
    • co-education
    • coaching
    • cognitive
    • cognitive constructivism
    • cognitive development
    • cognitive dissonance
    • coherence
    • collaboration
    • collaborative learning
    • colloquium
    • commercialisation
    • commodification
    • common curriculum
    • common sense
    • communism
    • communitarianism
    • communities of practice
    • community
    • community education
    • community of inquiry
    • community school
    • compacting
    • comparative education
    • competence
    • competences
    • competency-based
    • competition
    • composite class
    • comprehensive schooling
    • conative
    • concept
    • concept maps
    • conceptual analysis
    • concrete
    • concrete operational
    • conditional
    • conditioning
    • conductive education
    • conflict of interest
    • congruent teaching
    • consensus theory
    • consequentialism
    • conservatism
    • consistency
    • consortium
    • constructivism
    • consumerism
    • contingent
    • contingent teaching
    • continuing professional development (CPD)
    • continuous assessment
    • contracting-out
    • contractualism
    • control
    • control group
    • convergent
    • cooperative learning
    • cooperative teaching
    • core
    • core knowledge
    • corporal punishment
    • corporatism
    • correlation
    • correspondence course
    • correspondence theory
    • counselling
    • counter-intuitive
    • coursework
    • cramming
    • crash course
    • creaming
    • creationism
    • creativity
    • credentialism
    • crisis management
    • criterion-referencing
    • critical consciousness
    • critical friend
    • critical incident
    • critical pedagogy
    • critical realism
    • critical theory
    • critique
    • cross disciplinary
    • cross reference
    • cross-curricular
    • cultural capital
    • culture
    • curriculum
    • customisation
    • cut-off point
    • cyber pedagogy
    • cynicism
  • D
    • data
    • day release
    • decentralised
    • decluttering
    • deconstruction
    • deduction
    • deep learning
    • deficit model
    • delegation
    • democracy
    • democratic teaching
    • demographics
    • denominational school
    • deontology
    • deprivation
    • depth
    • derived score
    • deschooling
    • detention
    • determinism
    • development
    • development plan
    • devolved
    • diachronic
    • diagnostic assessment
    • dialectic
    • dialectical materialism
    • dialogic
    • didactic
    • differentiation
    • direct grant schools
    • direct teaching
    • disability
    • disadvantage
    • disaffection
    • discipline
    • disciplines of knowledge
    • discourse
    • discourse capture
    • discovery learning
    • discrete
    • discrimination
    • discussion
    • disequilibrium
    • disposition
    • disruption
    • dissemination
    • distance learning
    • divergent
    • diversity
    • dogmatic
    • domain
    • double-loop learning
    • Down's syndrome
    • drill
    • driver
    • dualism
    • duty of care
    • dynamic testing
    • dyscalculia
    • dyslexia
    • dyspraxia
  • E
    • e-learning
    • e-tivity
    • early education
    • early intervention
    • early years
    • ecological validity
    • economic rationalism
    • ecopedagogy
    • educational psychology
    • educational technology
    • elaborated code
    • elementary schools
    • emotional and behavioural difficulties
    • emotional intelligence
    • enactive, iconic, and symbolic modes
    • endowed school
    • Enlightenment
    • enquiry learning
    • equal opportunities
    • equality
    • ethnic minority
    • etiology
    • evidence-based
    • experiential education
    • experiential learning
    • expressive learning
    • extra-mural
    • extracurricular
  • F
    • facilitate
    • factor
    • facts
    • faculty
    • faith school
    • false consciousness
    • falsification
    • fatalism
    • feasibility study
    • feedback
    • feeder school
    • fees
    • feminism
    • fieldwork
    • finishing school
    • flashcard
    • flexi-schooling
    • flexible learning
    • flipped classroom
    • flow
    • folio
    • formal curriculum
    • formal operational
    • formative assessment
    • forms of knowledge
    • foster care
    • foundation school
    • foundationalism
    • free school
    • free will
    • freedom
    • fresh start
    • full service model
    • functionalism
    • further education
  • G
    • gender
    • generalisability
    • generative topics
    • genetic epistemology
    • gestalt
    • gifted
    • global
    • globalisation
    • goal
    • governance
    • governmentality
    • governors
    • grade
    • grade inflation
    • grade point average
    • grade retention
    • grade-related criteria
    • grading on the curve
    • grammar school
    • grant-aided
    • grant-maintained
    • grants
    • graphicacy
    • grounded theory
    • groupthink
    • groupwork
    • growth
    • guidance
  • H
    • halo effect
    • Hawthorne effect
    • hegemony
    • hermeneutic
    • heuristic
    • heutagogy
    • hidden curriculum
    • hierarchy
    • high school
    • high stakes assessment
    • higher education
    • higher order thinking
    • holistic
    • home schooling/education
    • horizontal
    • horizontal learning
    • horseshoe
    • hot knowledge
    • hothousing
    • human capital (theory)
    • human resources
    • humanism
    • humanities
    • hyperactivity
    • hypothesis
    • hypothetical
    • vertical learning
  • I
    • id
    • idealism
    • ideology
    • idiot savant
    • imaginary
    • immersion
    • immersive learning
    • impact
    • imperative
    • implicit
    • improvement
    • in loco parentis
    • in-service training
    • inclusion
    • independent school
    • individualised learning
    • individualism
    • indoctrination
    • induction
    • infant school
    • inference
    • informal curriculum
    • informal education
    • information processing
    • information technology
    • informed consent
    • initial teacher education
    • innate
    • inspection
    • inspectorate
    • instruction
    • instructional rounds
    • instructivism
    • instrumental learning
    • instrumentalism
    • integrated education
    • integration
    • integrative
    • intellect
    • intelligence
    • intelligence quotient (IQ)
    • intelligent design
    • interactive teaching
    • interagency
    • interdisciplinary
    • interests
    • intergenerational mobility
    • interleaving
    • interpersonal
    • intervention
    • intrinsic value
    • introversion-extraversion
    • invigilator
    • ipsative
    • iterative
  • J
    • jigsaw
    • junior school
  • K
    • kindergarten
    • knowledge
    • knowledge economy
  • L
    • labelling
    • lad o' pairts
    • laïcité
    • laissez-faire
    • latch-key child
    • lateral thinking
    • lay inspector
    • leadership
    • leadership class
    • league tables
    • learned helplessness
    • learning
    • learning analytics
    • learning cell
    • learning commons
    • learning community
    • learning curve
    • learning difficulty
    • learning needs
    • learning outcomes
    • learning partner
    • learning society
    • learning style
    • learning support
    • learning walk
    • leaving age
    • left wing
    • liberal education
    • liberal studies
    • liberalism
    • libertarianism
    • liberty
    • lifelong learning
    • Likert scale
    • liminality
    • linguistic codes
    • literacy
    • literature search
    • local (education) authorities
    • locus of control
    • logical positivism
    • longitudinal study
    • lower order questioning
  • M
    • macro/meso/micro
    • magnet school
    • maieutic
    • mainstreaming
    • maintained
    • management
    • managerialism
    • marginalised
    • marketisation
    • marking
    • marxism
    • mastery learning
    • matching
    • materialism
    • maturation
    • mean
    • mechanistic
    • median
    • memory
    • mental age
    • mentor
    • meritocracy
    • meta-analysis
    • metacognition
    • metaphysics
    • methodology
    • methods
    • micro teaching
    • middle class
    • middle school
    • minority ethnic
    • mission statement
    • mixed ability
    • mnemonic
    • modelling
    • moderation
    • modernity
    • module
    • monitoring
    • monologic
    • Montessori method
    • mooc
    • morality
    • motivation
    • multicultural
    • multilateral school
    • multiple choice test
    • multiple intelligences
  • N
    • nationalism
    • natural selection
    • naturalism
    • nature
    • nature-nurture controversy
    • necessary condition
    • necessary truth
    • needs
    • needs hierarchy
    • negative liberty
    • neoconservatism
    • neoliberalism
    • networking
    • new managerialism
    • new right
    • nihilism
    • noetic
    • nominalism
    • nomothetic
    • non sequitur
    • non-cognitivism
    • non-contact
    • non-parametric
    • non-verbal
    • norm-referenced
    • normal distribution
    • normalisation
    • normative
    • numeracy
    • numerical equality
    • nursery education
    • nurture
  • O
    • obedience
    • objective test
    • objectives
    • objectivism
    • objectivity
    • obligation
    • off-rolling
    • off-task
    • old boy network
    • old school tie
    • omnibus school
    • on-task
    • ontology
    • open education
    • open learning
    • open plan
    • open question
    • open-ended
    • operant conditioning
    • operation
    • opportunity costs
    • opting out
    • options
    • oracy
    • oral
    • outdoor education
    • outstation learning
    • overlearn
  • P
    • pace
    • paired reading
    • paracurriculum
    • paradigm
    • paradigm shift
    • paradox
    • parametric
    • parents
    • parish schools
    • parrhesia
    • partnership
    • passive learning
    • pastoral
    • path dependence
    • pedagogy
    • peer assessment
    • peer pressure
    • per capita
    • perennialism
    • performance
    • performance indicators
    • performance-related
    • performativity
    • peripatetic
    • personal construct
    • personality
    • Peter principle
    • phenomenology
    • philosophy
    • phonics
    • pilot study
    • plagiarism
    • planning
    • plasticity
    • play
    • playgroups
    • pluralism
    • policy
    • policy community
    • policy enactment
    • policy ownership
    • policy refraction
    • political correctness
    • politics
    • polytechnic
    • pop-up classroom
    • positive discrimination
    • positive liberty
    • positivism
    • postmodernism
    • postpositivism
    • poststructuralism
    • potential
    • power
    • practice
    • pragmatism
    • praise
    • praxis
    • prediction
    • prejudice
    • premise
    • preoperational
    • prescriptive
    • prescriptivism
    • pressure group
    • primacy-recency
    • primary school
    • primary source/data
    • prior learning
    • private schools
    • private sector
    • privatisation
    • privilege
    • probability
    • probation
    • problem-based learning
    • problem-posing
    • problem-solving
    • problematic
    • profession
    • professional development
    • professionalism
    • profiling
    • programme
    • progression
    • progressivism
    • project
    • promotion
    • propaedeutic
    • proportional equality
    • proximal praise
    • psychagogy
    • psychoanalysis
    • psychology
    • psychometry
    • psychomotor
    • public pedagogy
    • public school
    • public sector
    • pupil
    • pupil-teacher ratio
    • pure research
    • Pygmalion effect
  • Q
    • quadrivium
    • qualifications
    • qualitative
    • quality
    • quango
    • quantitative
    • questioning
  • R
    • race
    • racism
    • radical education
    • randomised control trial
    • rationale
    • rationalism
    • rationality
    • raw score
    • reactionary
    • readiness
    • realism
    • realpolitik
    • recidivism
    • reciprocal reading
    • record keeping
    • reductionism
    • reflection
    • reflective practice
    • reflective practitioner
    • reflexivity
    • reform
    • regression
    • rehearsal
    • reification
    • reinforcement
    • relationship
    • relativism
    • relevance
    • reliability
    • remedial
    • remediation
    • replication
    • reporting
    • research
    • residential
    • resilience
    • resources
    • responsive planning
    • restorative practice
    • restricted code
    • revisionism
    • rewards
    • rhetoric
    • rhizomatic learning
    • right wing
    • rights
    • rigour
    • risk management
    • rote learning
    • rules
  • S
    • sabbatical
    • sanctions
    • scaffolding
    • scepticism
    • schema
    • schemes of work
    • school
    • school choice
    • school composition
    • school effectiveness
    • school phobia
    • schooling
    • scientific
    • screening
    • seamless learning
    • secondary education
    • secondary source/data
    • secondment
    • sectarianism
    • sector
    • secular
    • segregation
    • selection
    • selective schools
    • self-concept
    • self-efficacy
    • self-esteem
    • self-evaluation
    • self-fulfilling prophecy
    • self-governing
    • self-interest
    • self-managed
    • semantic
    • seminal
    • sensori-motor
    • sequencing
    • setting
    • sexism
    • single-loop learning
    • single-sex education
    • situated learning
    • situationism
    • skill
    • slippage
    • slow education
    • social background
    • social capital
    • social class
    • social construct(ion)
    • social constructivism
    • social contract
    • social control
    • social Darwinism
    • social democracy
    • social engineering
    • social imaginary
    • social inclusion
    • social justice
    • social loafing
    • social mobility
    • social pedagogy
    • social reconstructionism
    • social science
    • social welfare
    • social work
    • socialisation
    • socialism
    • socially constructed
    • society
    • sociobiology
    • socioeconomic status
    • sociolinguistics
    • sociology
    • solutions-oriented
    • special education
    • special needs
    • special schools
    • specialist schools
    • spin
    • spiral curriculum
    • spoc
    • staff development
    • standard deviation
    • standards
    • state
    • statistics
    • Steiner schools
    • stereotype
    • stimulus-response
    • strategic learning
    • streaming
    • stress
    • structuralism
    • students
    • subject-centred
    • subjectivism
    • subjectivity
    • subjects
    • sufficient condition
    • summative assessment
    • summer school
    • superego
    • surface learning
    • sustainable
    • SWOT analysis
    • syllabus
    • syllogism
    • symbolic interactionism
    • synchronic
    • syndicate
    • syndrome
    • synergy
    • synthesis
    • synthetic
    • synthetic phonics
    • systematic review
    • systemic
  • T
    • tabula rasa
    • talented
    • target
    • task
    • taxonomy
    • teacher
    • teacher education
    • teacher training
    • teaching
    • team
    • team teaching
    • team-building
    • technical education
    • technical rationalism
    • technicism
    • technocracy
    • technoheutagogy
    • teleology
    • tertiary education
    • testing
    • theme
    • theory
    • thesis
    • think tank
    • three Rs
    • threshold concept
    • tiered assignments
    • tiger-parenting
    • time management
    • timetable
    • toddlers
    • tokenism
    • top-down
    • topic
    • total curriculum
    • totalitarianism
    • trace decay
    • tracking
    • trade union
    • traditionalism
    • training
    • transcendental
    • transcendentalism
    • transference
    • transition
    • transmission
    • transnational education
    • triangulation
    • trivium
    • truancy
    • truth
    • Type I and Type II errors
  • U
    • underachievement
    • underclass
    • undermatching
    • understanding
    • unit
    • university
    • use theory
    • usefulness
    • utilitarianism
  • V
    • validity
    • value added
    • values
    • variable
    • variance
    • verbal reasoning
    • verifiability
    • verification
    • vertical
    • virtual communities
    • virtual learning environment (VLE)
    • virtue ethics
    • viva voce
    • vocational
    • voluntary school
  • W
    • weighting
    • welfare
    • wellbeing
    • whole child
    • whole class teaching
    • whole school
    • work experience
    • workcard
    • working class
    • workload
    • worksheet
  • X
  • Y
    • youth training
  • Z
    • zero budgeting
    • zone of proximal development

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