Educational terminology

Educational terminology

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What is terminology? Terminology is the study of terms and their use. The word term comes from the Latin word (terminus) means “limit” (chegara). Terms can be simple words or compound words. Terms in specific contexts give us specific meanings. Terms can be limited to one or more languages, as bilingual, multilingual and so on.

Educational terminology A bursary -the higher of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc academic-belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy accredit- (New Zealand)to pass (a candidate) for university entrance on school recommendation without external examination Advanced level or A level (British)-a public examination in a subject taken for the General Certificate of Education (GCE), usually at the age of 17–18 adviser or advisor (British)-a person responsible for advising students on academic matters, career guidance, etc advisory teacher (British)-a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area aegrotat (British)-(in British and certain other universities, and, sometimes, schools) a certificate allowing a candidate to pass an examination although he has missed all or part of it through illness

alumnus or alumna mainly US, Canadian)a graduate of a school, college, etc assignment the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property assistant (US, Canadian)associate (US, Canadian)baccalaureate the university degree of Bachelor or Arts, Bachelor of Science, etc banding (British)the practice of grouping schoolchildren according to ability to ensure a balanced intake at different levels of ability to secondary school battels (British)(at some universities) the account of a member of a college for board, provisions, and other college expenses B bursary (New Zealand)the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc bedder (British)(at some universities) someone employed by a college to clean students' rooms binary(of an educational system) consisting of two parallel forms of education such as the grammar school and the secondary modern in Britain

 BOARDER(British)(at some universities) someone employed by a college to clean students' rooms BINARY(of an educational system) consisting of two parallel forms of education such as the grammar school and the secondary modern in Britain BOARDER (British)a pupil who lives at school during term time BOARDING HOUSE (Australian) the first grade of schooling; nursery
CAMPUS UNIVERSITY a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site CATALOGUE(US, Canadian)a publication issued by a university, college, etc, listing courses offered, regulations, services, etc CATCHMENT(British)the intake of a school from one catchment area numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children CURRICULUM a course of study in one subject at a school or college

dean the chief administrative official of a college or university faculty deanerythe office or residence of dean degreea stage in a scale of relative amount or intensity delegacya department or institute of a university departmenta specialized division of a large concern, such as a business, store, or university detentiona form of punishment in which a pupil is detained after school dissertationa written thesis, often based on original research, usually required for a higher degree docent (US)a lecturer in some colleges or universities dominie (Scottish)a minister or clergyman: also used as a term of address don (British)a member of the teaching staff at a university or college, esp at Oxford or Cambridge

primers (New Zealand, informal)the youngest class in a primary school principal(in Britain) a civil servant of an executive grade who is in charge of a section Privatdocent(esp in German-speaking countries) a university lecturer who formerly received fees from his students rather than a university salary proctor (US)(in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc professorthe principal lecturer or teacher in a field of learning at a university or college; a holder of a university chair professoriatea group of professors prospectusa pamphlet or brochure giving details of courses, as at a college or school provostthe head of certain university colleges or schools reader mainly British)at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer