hidden curriculum
traits of behaviors or attitudes that are learned at school but not included within formal curriculum (ie gender differences)
cultural capital
advantages that well-to-do parents usually provide their children
tracking
dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on basis of assumed similarities in ability or attainment
achievement gap
disparity on number of educational measures between performance of groups of students (esp. groups defined by gender, race, ethnicity, ability, socioeconomic status)
intelligence
level of intellectual ability, particularly as measured by IQ tests
IQ (intelligence quotient)
a score attained on tests of symbolic or reasoning abilities
acting white" thesis
thesis that black students do not aspire to or strive to get good grades bc it i perceived as "acting white
abstract and concrete attitudes
abstract attitudes (ideas that are consistent with mainstream societal views) vs concrete attitudes (ideas based on actual experience)
cultural navigators
ppl who draw from both home culture and mainstream culture to create attitude that allows them to succeed
gender gap
differences btwn women and men, esp as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, economic attainments or attitudes
stereotype threat
idea that when African American students believe they are being judged not as individuals but as members of a negatively stereotyped social group, they will do worse on tests
local knowledge
knowledge of a local community, possessed by individuals who spend long periods of their lives in it
mass media
forms of communication, ie newspapers, magazines, radio, tv, etc. designed to reach mass audiences
communication
transmission of info from one individual or group to another; necessary basis of all social interaction
public sphere
means by which ppl communicate in modern societies, most prominent component of which is mass media
global village
notion associated with Marshall McLuhan, who believed that world has become like a small community as a result of spread of electronic communication
hyperreality
idea associated with Jean Baudrillard, who argued that as a result of spread of electronic communication, there is no longer a separate "reality
mediated interaction
interaction btwn individuals who are not physically in one another's presence (ie phone conversation)
mediated quasi-interaction
interaction that is one-sided and partial (ie person watching a tv program)
world information order
global system of communication operating through satellite links, radio, TV transmission, and phone and computer links
cyberspace
electronic networks of interaction btwn individuals at different computer terminals
information poverty
the "information poor" are those ppl who have little or no access to information technology, such as computers