Hi, I'm Rosika and I have been studying Social Science for two years. This glossary is for future students who want to become a teacher in elementary school. This glossary can help those who don't know what are the terms used in primary school teaching. It has 20 words related for this field.
academic
adjective
(of an institution or a course of study) placing a greater emphasis on reading and study than on technical or practical work.
Example: An academic high school that prepares students for the best colleges and universities.
fr: académique
attendance
noun
The action or state of going regularly to or being present at a place or event.
Example: In other words, there is significant evidence that ATTENDANCE to lectures is positively related to exam performance.
fr: présence
behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: Some researches suggested that 'stress induced by increased task demands decreases interpersonal sensitivity and helping BEHAVIOR' (Podsakoff et al., 1990: 136).
fr: comportement
competence
noun
The ability to do something successfully or efficiently.
Example: It is vital for motivation theories to consider four influential individual needs in the work place, which are the COMPETENCE, achievement, affiliation, and money motives.
fr: compétence
course
noun
A series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, typically leading to a qualification.
Example: The department, rated "excellent" for teaching by the Quality Assurance Agency, includes an academic staff of nine and offer one undergraduate COURSE in Anthropology and three postgraduate COURSEs in Anthropology, Primate Conservation and Global Japan: Culture, Business and International Relations respectively.
fr: cours
education
noun
The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
Example: It includes primary EDUCATION, formal informal EDUCATION, long life learning, short and long term training.
fr: éducation
elementary school
noun
A school for the first four to six grades, and usually including kindergarten.
Example: Good (1977) led an investigation into the types of science topics taught to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL children and how they were taught.
fr: école primaire
examination
noun
A formal test of a person's knowledge or proficiency in a particular subject or skill.
Example: He scraped through the examinations at the end of his first year.
fr: examen
grade
noun
A mark indicating the quality of a student's work.
Example: I got good grades last semester.
fr: note
homework
noun
Schoolwork that a student is required to do at home.
Example: Some teachers may choose to spend more time in class on speaking, reading and listening while writing (and sometimes reading as well) is often part of the HOMEWORK.
fr: devoirs
internship
noun
The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.
Example: After my INTERNSHIP programme was finished, I have taken up a position of an architectural assistant at White Design Associates in Bristol, where I stayed until December 2004.
fr: stage
nonverbal communication
adjective and noun
The process of communication through sending and receiving visual cues between people.
Example: Some friends and couples are so good at non-verbal communication that all one partner has to do is give a look and her friend or partner knows exactly what she is thinking.
fr: la communication non verbale
oral presentation
noun
Public speaking or simply presentations, consist of an individual or group verbally addressing an audience on a particular topic. The aim of this is to educate, inform, entertain or present an argument.
Example: However, as McDonough and Shaw (1993) state, it is a skill which is difficult to dissociate from listening in many ways, because these two skills often enjoy a dependency in that speaking is only very rarely carried out in isolation; it is generally an interactive skill unless an uninterrupted ORAL PRESENTATION is being given.
fr: présentation orale
patience
noun
The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.
Example: The result was a motivated trainee, and I realized that this industry demands from staff and managers some innate attributes; in addition, I understood that PATIENCE is a virtue and that a little persistence and encouragement, is needed to stimulate those who may not be well prepared to deal with the industry.
fr: patience
pedagogy
noun
The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
Example: Introduction In parallel with the globalisation of English, the ELT PEDAGOGY has witnessed a changeover of methods inspired by a deeper shift in the understanding of learning processes.
fr: la pédagogie
plagiarism
noun
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Example: She asks tutors to give more support and explicit guidelines in helping students with issues of citation and avoiding PLAGIARISM.
fr: plagiat
profession
noun
A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.
Example: Sainsbury's recent cancellation of a multi billion pound contract with Accenture shows that even companies who devote their PROFESSION to project management can get it wrong.
fr: métier
punishment
noun
The penalty inflicted.
Example: I just don't believe in hitting as a form of punishment.
fr: punition
stress
noun
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Example: He's obviously under a lot of stress.
fr: stress
teacher
noun
A person who teaches, especially in a school.
Example: He questions the practicalities of the school being able to afford a supply TEACHER or the fairness of asking colleagues to do extra work.
