Glossary of Educational Terms
Some Pseudo-Satire by T Newfields
| banking concept of education - | a concept developed by Paulo Freire impling that only those with substantial money in the bank will get an education |
| B-coefficent - | a general-purpose index of the level of bureacracy present in an educational structure. A B-coefficent of zero is ideal. At levels above +1.0, formal education is counterproductive. |
| cooperative learning - | a situation in which students cooperate with the teacher and do what he/she wants them to do |
| critical thinking - | a condition in which detailed analysis cancels out incisive action, inhibiting change |
| mainstreaming - | a radical approach to indoctrination in which a preferred response is injected directly into a host, usually subcutaneously through the forearm |
| open-ended question - | any question which is apt to get examinees into trouble if they are foolish enough to give a serious answer |
| scaffolding - | a procedure of placing unsuspecting students on a scaffold, then skillfully removing it |
| transformative education - | the process of transforming students into subserviant social roles while maintaining the myth of free choice |
| validity - | in test development, the ratio of income that a test generates compared to the expenses needed to develop it |
| zone of proximal development - | an area at least 500 meters from any school |
