20 This is a glossary about education and schools. terms
I made this glossary to help people learn about school related words.
backpack
noun
A bag with shoulder straps that allow it to be carried on one's back.
Example: The student has a heavy BACKPACK for this class.
fr: sac à dos
binder
noun
A cover for holding loose sheets of paper, magazines, etc. together.
Example: I use this BINDER to put my loose sheets of paper.
fr: cartable
blackboard
noun
A large board with a smooth, typically dark, surface attached to a wall or supported on an easel and used for writing on with chalk, especially by teachers in schools.
Example: The teacher's demonstration might be countered by the retort that other things besides chalk leave white traces on a BLACKBOARD.
fr: tableau noir
calculator
noun
Something used for making mathematical calculations, in particular a small electronic device with a keyboard and a visual display.
Example: The easiest way to find the log of a number is on a CALCULATOR: enter the number and press the LOG button.
fr: calculatrice
chair
noun
A separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs.
Example: Thus, when a child who calls a stool "CHAIR" is corrected and introduced to its more accurate name and subsequently uses the term "stool", it would be reasonable to say that the child had learned a new word.
fr: chaise
chalk
noun
A soft white limestone (calcium carbonate) formed from the skeletal remains of sea creatures.
Example: Of the remainder, 10 per cent of the sites are located on Rendzinas, shallow calcareous soils over limestone and CHALK which are also light and fertile.
fr: craie
classroom
noun
A room, typically in a school, in which a class of students is taught.
Example: In any CLASSROOM there will always be aspects of the CLASSROOM encounter, the play of personality, the tactics of expedient interaction, which will defy the reduction to generality.
fr: salle de classe
clock
noun
A mechanical or electrical device for measuring time, indicating hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds, typically by hands on a round dial or by displayed figures.
Example: The students were looking at the CLOCK waiting for the end of the class.
fr: horloge
computer
noun
An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Example: Duane Rumbaugh's training of Lana, and other chimpanzees notably Austin and Sherman, to use a COMPUTER keyboard made up of small rectangular screens upon which visual, iconic - like, symbols of lines, circles, and dots can be displayed.
fr: ordinateur
desk
noun
A piece of furniture with a flat or sloped surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work.
Example: The student was sitting at his DESK.
fr: bureau
globe
noun
A spherical representation of the earth or of the constellations with a map on the surface.
Example: The teacher revealed the new GLOBE he bought for the class.
fr: globe
glue
noun
An adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together.
Example: The students didn't know how to apply the GLUE.
fr: colle
highlighter
noun
A broad felt-tipped pen used to overlay transparent fluorescent color on text or a part of an illustration, leaving it legible and emphasized.
Example: The student has many colorful HIGHLIGHTERS.
fr: surligneur
map
noun
A diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
Example: The students couldn't find their own country on the MAP.
fr: carte
paper
noun
Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material.
Example: I accidentally cut myself with a sheet of PAPER.
fr: papier
pencil
noun
An instrument for writing or drawing, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or a similar substance enclosed in a long thin piece of wood or fixed in a metal or plastic case.
Example: Tye does compare this learning to learning to balance a PENCIL on your nose, but if that comparison is made to do any work, Tye's theory will simply be a behaviouristic one, and he usually seems to want it to be more than this.
fr: crayon
projector
noun
An object that is used to project rays of light, especially an apparatus with a system of lenses for projecting slides or film onto a screen.
Example: A student broke the PROJECTOR.
fr: projecteur
school
noun
An institution for educating children.
Example: The SCHOOL was on fire because the teacher forgot to turn off the projector after class.
fr: école
stapler
noun
A device for fastening together sheets of paper with a staple or staples.
Example: The students were fighting each others with STAPLERS.
fr: agrafeuse
textbook
noun
A book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject.
Example: Quoting extensively from a TEXTBOOK in a PhD thesis, for example (especially if you treat it as an authority rather than as something for critical comment) is likely to give the wrong impression: that you are a beginner rather than an expert in your subject. Think about what you are looking for when you consult a TEXTBOOK.
