Special Education Chapter 3

Introduction to Special Education; Chapter 3

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A strong opposition to immigration, which is seen as a threat to maintaining a country's dominant culture
Nativism
The concept of a homogenized United States in which cultural traditions and home languages are abandoned for the new American culture
Melting Pot
The concept that all cultural groups are valued components groups of the society with each group's language and traditions maintained
Cultural Pluralism
Being from a cultural group that is not Euro centric or of mainstream America
Culturally diverse
Having a home or native language other than English
Linguistically diverse
Students learning English as their second language
English language learners
When the home and school cultures are in conflict
Cross-cultural reference
Knowing and understanding the cultural standards from diverse communities
Culturally competent
Curriculum that includes multiple perspectives
Culturally responsive
Acceptanceand use of students'language and culture within the classroom, while also teachin them the expectations and culture of the school
Mutual accomodation
Characteristics of a human population
Demographics
Too many students from a diverse group participating in a special education category, beyond the level expected from their proportion of students
Overrepresented
A tool for measureing dispoportionate representation in which the percentage of students from a particular racial group receiving special education services is compared with their percenetage in teh overall school population
Composition index
Insufficient presence of individuals from a diversegroup in a special educaitn caetgory; smaller numbers than would be predicted by their proportion of students
Under-representation
Unequal proportion of group membership; over-or underrepresentation
Disproportionate representation