adjunctification

[...] but I especially favor it when one looks at the adjunctification of the profesoriate (now 400,000 adjuncts across the country [...])

1999 March 24, Arthur Sowers, “PhD Revolutionary and Other Cop-outs....”, in sci.research.careers (Usenet):

Among the responses by full-time faculty to the problem of adjunctification is a line of argument that I find rather curious. It goes something like this: grant that the abuse of adjuncts is unfortunate (which concession is often accompanied by the disclaimer that there is nothing we can do about the low pay and lack of benefits), the system is a meritocracy and those who are truly worthy do end up on the tenure track.

2004 April 30, Scott Smallwood, Disappearing Act: The Invisible Adjunct shuts down her popular Weblog and says goodbye to academe, in The Chronicle of Higher Education (also quoted by Desio, in Adjunctification, misc.education, Usenet)

I have in mind here, of course, the classic victim of adjunctification: the person who finished a PhD at great financial and emotional expense, would have been willing to go anywhere for a tenuretrack job, [...]

2015, Michael Bérubé, J. Ruth, The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom, Springer, →ISBN:

Yet the adjunctification of part of the management faculty raises some concerns.

2017, Stéphanie Dameron, Thomas Durand, The Future of Management Education: volume 1, Springer, →ISBN, page 11:

The tendency of universities to have as many faculty members as possible be adjuncts (who receive lower pay and/or benefits, lack tenure, etc).


schoolphobia

An abnormal fear of or aversion to attending school as a pupil.


Jambite

So Pamela was the much talked about new Jambite. She had been the talk of the campus since he arrived, but he hadn't had the opportunity of asking for her name from his friends who told him about her.

1993, Funmilayo Adegbite, Bonds of Destiny, page 48:

They first met when Tina was a Jambite and had just arrived on the Ife campus and Frankie was a final year student.

1997, Gbadebo Adeniyi, Barbwire, page 70:

I'm a 300 level law student and you're just a fucking Jambite and....

2013, Justin Udie, Campus Nightmares, →ISBN:

(Nigeria) A first-year student at university; freshman.


content knowledge

(education) Knowledge of specific facts and techniques (such as dates in history and mathematical equations), as opposed to general thinking skills.


third grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in third grade.


sandwich degree

en-noun

sandwich degree (plural sandwich degrees)

→ Hungarian: szendvics képzés (calque)

desc

→ Portuguese: graduação-sanduíche (calque)

(UK, education) An undergraduate course of study incorporating a placement or internship year.


heritage interpretation

en-noun

heritage interpretation (countable and uncountable, plural heritage interpretations)

(museology, education) The practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage, used in museums, zoos, historic sites, galleries, etc.

interpretirane na kulturnoto i prirodno nasledstvo

интерпретиране на културното и природно наследство

ermineía fysikís kai politistikís klironomiá

ερμηνεία φυσικής και πολιτιστικής κληρονομιά


university college

university college (plural university colleges)

A tertiary educational institution that is a constituent unit of a university, and whose degrees are granted through the parent university.


Catz

(Cambridge University slang) Clipping of St Catz, referring to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Catz, referring to St Catherine's College, Oxford.


Brit Lit

(school slang) British literature, especially as a class taken in high school.


darty

As Americans toast Saint Patrick on March 17 in parades and darties (day parties), Ireland will celebrate the saint day in a much more holy fashion.

2019 March 17, Alex Scimecca, “Raise a Pint of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day With These Historical Photos”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

I love drinking during the day. We've written before about the virtues of using jam to make any booze morning-appropriate, as well as how to make the perfect backyard drink. You never know when a chill outdoor hang might transition into a full-on "darty" (day + party).

2022 June 22, Meredith Dietz, “How to Day Drink Without Overdoing It”, in Lifehacker Australia, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

Pavel Beletski, videographer for the darties, feels it's the social element that has brought about the popularity of darties.

2023 March 2, Lauren Medeiros, “The Belfort parking lot holds the wildest darty around”, in The Western Gazette, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St. Patrick's Day, colleges in Boston are warning their students to be wary of 'BORGs.'

2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

(university slang, Canada, US) A party held in the daytime.


darty

en-verb

darty (third-person singular simple present darties, present participle dartying, simple past and past participle dartied)

darties (present singular third-person)
dartying (participle present)
dartied (participle past)
dartied (past)

It's very hard to rally once the alcohol and adrenaline wears off, so the choice to darty is the choice to not party that night.

2017 April 25, Sophie G. Garrett, “Darty Season: Pros and Cons”, in The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-10:

"We all know post-Fling Sunday is a day to darty! And in the wake of campus conversations about supporting survivors and denouncing sexual misconduct, partying is political," reads the event's description.

2019 April 29, Britton O'Daly, “Hundreds to boycott DKE Tang”, in Yale Daily News, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

I heard an ominous snap as I fell. Laying on the jagged cobblestones, all I could do was take shaky breaths as I reeled from the white-hot pain. The frat bros dartying a stone's throw away paid no attention to my crumpled figure.

2022 August 15, Christine Ji, “Broken Ankles and Barriers to Accessibility: Reflections from a Skater-Turned-Scooter Girl”, in The Georgetown Voice, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-07:

(university slang, Canada, US) To participate in a darty.


in statu pupillari

(England, education) In the state of pupilage; subject to the rules of a college or university as they apply to junior members.


TOCFL

Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
w:Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language

(education) Initialism of Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language, standardized test of Standard Mandarin Chinese proficiency for non-native speakers


whole child

the whole child concept

a whole child initiative

(education, chiefly attributive) A child seen not only as a client of the education system but also as a person whose play habits, home life, etc. contribute to their development.


separate school

en-noun

separate school (plural separate schools)

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories

(Canada) A publicly funded school with constitutional status in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan and statutory status in Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon, and operated by a school board, headed by trustees, and separate from the public school system.

(Ontario) A publicly-funded school that falls under the constitutional definition, historically implemented only for Roman Catholics, but has been provided for Protestants since the secularization of the public school system during the 1980s.

(Alberta and Saskatchewan) A publicly funded school provided for Roman Catholics or Protestants, whichever is considered a minority in a public school jurisdiction.

Both the separate schools and the nonsectarian public schools were and are administered by either a department or ministry of education with control over curriculum, teacher training and certification, special programs and inspection.

1999, James H. Marsh, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Canadian Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 2141:


connectivism

(education) A theory of learning that focuses on the modern digital age and emphasizes the role of social and cultural context in how and where learning occurs.


off-roll

en-verb

off-roll (third-person singular simple present off-rolls, present participle off-rolling, simple past and past participle off-rolled)

off-rolls (present singular third-person)
off-rolling (participle present)
off-rolled (participle past)
off-rolled (past)

(UK, education, transitive) To remove (a pupil) from the list of those enrolled at a school, for illegitimate reasons such as improving the school's examination rankings.


pair and share

pair and share (third-person singular simple present pairs and shares, present participle pairing and sharing, simple past and past participle paired and shared)

pairs and shares (present singular third-person)
pairing and sharing (participle present)
paired and shared (participle past)
paired and shared (past)

(education) To form pairs to compare each other's answers to an exercise.


pair and share

(education) The act of forming pairs to compare each other's answers to an exercise.


UMS

Universiti Malaysia Sabah
w:Universiti Malaysia Sabah

(Malaysia, education) Initialism of Universiti Malaysia Sabah.


transfer exam

(education) An exam taken in order to assess whether one can move from one stream of academic study to another.


interest inventory

en-noun

interest inventory (plural interest inventories)

(education) A list of a person's areas of interest, generated from a standardized test and used to suggest careers they might like to pursue.


SUNY

State University of New York
w:State University of New York

Acronym of State University of New York.


BGSU

Bowling Green State University
w:Bowling Green State University

Initialism of Bowling Green State University.


UCSB

w:University of California, Santa Barbara

Initialism of University of California, Santa Barbara.


CSUN

w:California State University, Northridge

Acronym of California State University, Northridge.


CU Boulder

(informal) University of Colorado, Boulder


Del State

Delaware State University
w:Delaware State University

(informal) Abbreviation of Delaware State University.


UHart

University of Hartford
w:University of Hartford


KU

University of Kansas
w:University of Kansas


K-State

Kansas State University
w:Kansas State University

Abbreviation of Kansas State University.


UMBC

w:University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Initialism of University of Maryland, Baltimore County.


UMD

University of Maryland, College Park
w:University of Maryland, College Park

Initialism of University of Maryland, College Park.


MO State

Missouri State University
w:Missouri State University

Abbreviation of Missouri State University.


tOSU

The Ohio State University
w:The Ohio State University

Initialism of The Ohio State University.


antirequisite

From anti- + requisite; in the education sense, contrasted with prerequisite.

Antirequisites affect the availability of a course in the opposite direction; if the antirequisite of course A has been taken, then the student cannot enroll in course A.

2010, Austin L. Toombs, The impact of curriculum visualization on decision making among students: an honors thesis (HONRS 499) (Ball State University):

. Some never stop talking about antirequisites. Others always advocate for splitting courses, and most get angry when the administration does not enforce prerequisites and corequisites.

2014, Julian Hermida, Facilitating Deep Learning, →ISBN:

Those indicating the student had taken a previous university French course were discarded, as were a small number of questionnaires indicating a Francophone family background (an antirequisite for both of these intermediate level courses)

2014, Kerry Lappin-Fortin, “Comparing written competency in core French and French immersion graduates”, in Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, volume 17, number 2:

(education) A previous course (or learning experience) that overlaps in content with a course offering such that students may not take that course offering for academic credit.


knock in

en-verb

knock in (third-person singular simple present knocks in, present participle knocking in, simple past and past participle knocked in)

knocks in (present singular third-person)
knocking in (participle present)
knocked in (participle past)
knocked in (past)

"Close the oak, Jem," said Horace Eglantine, "and take care no one knocks in before we have knocked down the contents of your master's musical melange."

1825, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The English Spy, page 138:

There's twelve striking. I must knock in. Good night. You'll be round to breakfast at nine?

1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1883, page 458:

At first, too, he was on such occasions greatly alarmed at finding the gates of Brazenface closed, obliging him thereby to "knock-in;" and not only did he apologize to the porter for troubling him to open the wicket, but he also volunteered elaborate explanations of the reasons that had kept him out after time[…]

1861, Edward Bradley, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green:

(obsolete, Oxford University slang) To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.


LFL

(scouting) Initialism of Learning for Life.


quick-write

My students enjoyed doing a quick-write using this excerpt from Eve Bunting's novel SOS Titanic.

2001, Lola M. Schaefer, Teaching Narrative Writing, page 43:

(education) A short piece of writing, typically a few sentences long, assigned to students to help them to summarize a concept.


adjunct professor

en-noun

adjunct professor (plural adjunct professors)

(US, education) A college professor who is employed part-time or for a limited time, is junior to a full professor, or is otherwise not eligible for tenure.


usage guide

There is also a gap between the general population and the falling-standards bemoaners, usage guide publishers, and language pundits, whether conservative or progressive.

2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:

(linguistics, education) A book that explains how to use a standardised language correctly and in keeping with currently accepted style, usually through the explication of what are conservatively viewed as language "errors".


number sentence

number sentence (plural number sentences)

(mathematics, education) An equation or inequality expressed with numbers and operators, such as 3 + 6 < 10.


basic education

basic education (countable and uncountable, plural basic educations)

(education) Education consisting of the two stages of primary education and lower secondary education.


thick sandwich degree

thick sandwich degree (plural thick sandwich degrees)

(UK, education) A sandwich degree where the placement or internship takes up a whole unbroken year.


thin sandwich degree

thin sandwich degree (plural thin sandwich degrees)

(UK, education) A sandwich degree involving multiple short placements or internships rather than one that lasts a whole year.


mastery learning

(education) A teaching philosophy stating that students must achieve a level of mastery in each topic (e.g. 90% in a test) before moving on to further topics.


flipped mastery

(education) The combination of flipped learning and mastery learning.


Hildabeast

Go to a party. Half the college was there. Write for a student rag. Hildabeasts were running the show. Act, row, you couldn’t escape them. In a nice normal mixed college like Lincoln, they all spent three years in the bar wrestling with knot theory and acne. In St Hilda’s we’d written the book, got the doctorate and gone out clubbing.

1997 March 19, Glenda Cooper, “The lusty ways of St Hilda”, in The Independent, number 3,248, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, columns 4–5:

(Oxford University slang, humorous, self-referent) A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Oxford University slang; self-referent; Oxford University slang; self-referent


top-slicing

(UK, education) An arrangement whereby part of an educational institution's income is set aside to fund operational costs.


Staggers

Jocular modification of Stephen + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) St Stephen's House, Oxford.


interdiscipline

(education) An academic field that consists of two or more disciplines.


double degree

A program at an institution of higher learning which allows students to work for two academic degrees at the same time.


DLP

Dual Language Programme
Dual Language Programme#English

(Malaysia, education) Initialism of Dual Language Programme.


Bucknell

en-proper noun

Bucknell (countable and uncountable, plural Bucknells)

From the genitive form of either the Old English personal name Bucca or bucca (“he-goat”) + hyll (“hill”).

Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, named after William Bucknell.


two percenter

"Those are the 'two percenters,' " Becky said of the students who ran on the field, "the two percent of Aggie students who don't have the spirit."

1992, Edward Zuckerman, Small Fortunes: Two Guys in Pursuit of the American Dream, page 102:

Students who forgo Midnight Yell and other traditional activities are dismissed as "2 percenters."

2005, U.S. News Guide, America's Best Colleges, page 41:

[…] 'Anything you do twice is a tradition,' 'Don't be a 2 percenter.' You learn about The Bonfire, Aggie Muster, and Silver Taps. […] Isn't it fascinating to see how an amazing team-oriented culture in one institution (Texas A&M) can inspire a fantastic culture in a totally different and separate organization (Rackspace)?

2013, Bill Schley, The UnStoppables: Tapping Your Entrepreneurial Power, page 143:

Detractor two percenters diminish momentum. Wet blankets can put fires out! True Aggies are all Twelfth Men and learn the importance of yelling for the team instead of (like most other schools and some “two percenters”) mainly yelling at them.

2016, Barry Bauerschlag, Aggie Spirit 101: Greater Love:

She’s an Aggie, but she never got into any of the lore there, not even a little bit. She’s a proud “two percenter,” as they call such people in College Station.

2017 October, “An Oral History of Watching (and Not Watching) the Last Three Innings of That Crazy Astros Game”, in Texas Monthly:

(US, education, informal) A student of Texas A&M University who only attends classes and does not participate in student activities or traditions.


gut course

(education, slang) An easy, unchallenging course.


NCS

(Hong Kong, education) Initialism of non-Chinese speaking.


SEND

(UK, education) Acronym of special educational needs and disability.


academy chain

multi-academy trust
multi-academy trust#English

(UK, education) Synonym of multi-academy trust


multi-academy trust

en-noun

multi-academy trust (plural multi-academy trusts)

(UK, education) A trust that operates more than one academy school.


IBI

IBI (countable and uncountable, plural IBIs)

(education, uncountable) Initialism of inquiry-based instruction.


STh

(education) Abbreviation of student in theology.


detrack

en-verb

detrack (third-person singular simple present detracks, present participle detracking, simple past and past participle detracked)

detracks (present singular third-person)
detracking (participle present)
detracked (participle past)
detracked (past)

(transitive, education) To eliminate a system of tracking, where pupils are taught separately according to perceived ability level, from (a school).


destream

destream (third-person singular simple present destreams, present participle destreaming, simple past and past participle destreamed)

destreams (present singular third-person)
destreaming (participle present)
destreamed (participle past)
destreamed (past)

(transitive, education) Synonym of detrack (“eliminate separate teaching based on pupils' ability level”)


progressive education

(education) A pedagogical movement that began in the late 19th century and replaced classically-based rote learning with hands-on experience, critical thinking, and social skills.


backward design

Backward design can be applied to medical education by beginning with the national standards or competencies for medical education, defining outcomes and assessment methods, and then defining curricular content.

2016, Jill Stefaniak, Advancing Medical Education Through Strategic Instructional Design:

(education) A method of designing an educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment.


obrazovanshchina

From Russian образованщина (obrazovanščina) ("educationdom," "educaties," or "smatterers").

uder

образованщина

a class of people with superficial education but without the higher ethics of an educated person


VAP

en-noun

VAP (countable and uncountable, plural VAPs)

assistant professor
assistant professor#English

(education) Abbreviation of visiting assistant professor.


compling

computational linguistics
computational linguistics#English

(university slang) Abbreviation of computational linguistics.


psycholing

(university slang) Abbreviation of psycholinguistics.


socioling

(university slang) Abbreviation of sociolinguistics.


ball and stick

The handwriting sense derives from the resemblance of the circular and linear elements of the letters to a ball and a stick.

(education) A style of handwriting in which the letters are not joined and feature straight lines and circular arcs; block letters.


ADDIE

instructional design
instructional design

instructional designer
instructional designer

(education) Acronym of analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation: an instructional design framework that many instructional designers and training developers use to develop courses.


IIIT

w:International Institutes of Information Technology

(education, India) Initialism of International Institutes of Information Technology (one of a group of nationally recognized autonomous engineering institutes of India.)


PTM

(education) Initialism of parent–teacher meeting.


QPA

quality point average
quality point average#English


tasksheet

(chiefly education) A list of tasks to be performed or exercises to be completed.


ERIC

(education) Acronym of everybody reading in class (“a session in which pupils read books”).


student voice

This suggests that using digital technologies to facilitate feedback in Student Voice contexts might prove to be highly effective.

2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1082:

(education) An educational philosophy which encourages student participation and engagement in the teaching and learning process, rather than having learning wholly guided by the educator.


in-class

The teacher checked digital feedback when students were doing reading tasks, group discussions, or other in-class activities.

2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1083:

(education) Occurring while a class or lesson is taking place.


UNLV

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
w:University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Initialism of University of Nevada, Las Vegas.


grid-in

(education) A mathematical question on a test in which the answer must be placed on a grid that is preprinted on the answer sheet.


answer sheet

You must write your name at the top of each answer sheet.

(education) A sheet of paper supplemental to an assessment onto which the answers to the questions must be written.


drill and kill

(colloquial, derogatory) A teaching technique in which students are repeatedly drilled on the same material. "Kill" refers to killing their motivation.


E&G

E&G funds

(education) Initialism of educational and general.


scholared

en-adj

scholared (comparative more scholared, superlative most scholared)

more scholared (comparative)
most scholared (superlative)


MEnvSci

environmental science
environmental science#English

Abbreviation of master of environmental science.


deschooler

In other words, neither Almereyda's early pragmatic, if militant,anarchism nor his later meliorism ae tangible presences in Zero for Conduct, a film rooted in a utopian conception of childhood that not only looks backward to Fourier, but anticipates the work of radical deschoolers such as Paul Goodman, Everett Riemer, and Ivan Illich.

1999, Richard Porton, Film and the Anarchist Imagination, Verso, pages 195–6:


PNM

[…]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush.

2023 May 24, Adrian Horton, “‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(university slang) Initialism of potential new member (especially of a fraternity or sorority).


sheepskin effect

Academic degrees were traditionally presented on sheepskin.

The theory that people who have completed an academic degree earn more income, not because of the knowledge they gained during their education, but rather because their degree indicates things about their personality that employers find favourable.


CEFR

w:Common European Framework of Reference

(education) Initialism of Common European Framework of Reference.


thirteenth grade

en-noun

thirteenth grade (plural thirteenth grades)

(US, education) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.

kolmastoista luokka

does not technically exist in Finland, but sometimes used of the third year in lukio

You went to community college? That's nothing but the thirteenth grade.

secondary education
secondary education#English

(US, education, derogatory, humorous) A reference to college as nothing more than a continuation of high school, since secondary education typically ends after the twelfth grade.


zeroth grade

(US, education) A hypothetical year of grade school before first grade.


first grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.


second grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in second grade.


fourth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in fourth grade.


fifth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in fifth grade.


sixth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in sixth grade.


seventh grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in seventh grade.


eighth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in eighth grade.


ninth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in ninth grade.


tenth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in tenth grade.


eleventh grader

eleventh grader (plural eleventh graders)

(US, education) A pupil who is in eleventh grade.


twelfth grader

(US, education) A pupil who is in twelfth grade.


thirteenth grader

thirteenth grader (plural thirteenth graders)

(US, education, rare) A pupil who is in thirteenth grade.


reduced isolation

(US, education, often attributive) In Connecticut, the status of a school meeting certain racial diversity quotas.


voc-ed

(education) Clipping of vocational education.


blended learning

(education) The combination of online educational materials and interactions with traditional classroom teaching.


self-blended

(education) Of or relating to a style of blended learning in which students opt to take online courses in addition to their traditional face-to-face learning.


Rose Bowl

(US, American football) The annual NCAA college football championship game typically played on New Year's Day.


DSE

w:Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education

(Hong Kong) Initialism of Diploma of Secondary Education, the university admission test in Hong Kong


all-boys

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-all-boys.wav

(education, of a school) Providing instruction for male students only.

男子的

providing instruction for male students only


all-girls

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-all-girls.wav

(education, of a school) Providing instruction for female students only.

女子的

providing instruction for female students only


Loxbridge

redbrick universities
red brick university

(British) The University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and various universities in London collectively, in contrast to redbrick universities.


natsci

(UK, Cambridge University slang) A natural scientist.


parents' evening

parents' evening (plural parents' evenings)

(UK, education) An evening consisting of short meetings between a parent and their child's teachers to discuss the child's academic progress.


RCEP

continuing education
continuing education#English

(education) Abbreviation of registered continuing education provider.


twice-exceptional

autism spectrum disorder
autism spectrum disorder

(education, psychology) Being a gifted student with some form of disability (dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder etc.), thus considered exceptional both because of one's giftedness and special needs.


twice-exceptionality

twice-exceptionality (countable and uncountable, plural twice-exceptionalities)

(education, psychology) The condition of being twice-exceptional.


EQAO

(Canadian politics, education) Initialism of Education Quality and Accountability Office, a government agency in the province of Ontario that provides accountability of the province's public education system by means of standardized testing.


Adders

Jocular modification of Addison + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Addison's Walk, Magdalen College, Oxford.


Jaggers

Jocular modification of Jesus + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Jesus College, Oxford


Evil Questions Attacking Ontario

Evil Questions Attacking Ontario pl (plural only)

The admittedly 'nervous’ Maneesha Johal, top, and classmates Lee-Anna Maharaj, right, and Amanda Ibe, left, prepare for ‘Evil Questions Attacking Ontario.’

Caroline Alphonso (2013 May 31) “The debate over standardized testing in schools is as divisive as ever”, in The Globe and Mail, archived from the original on 2020-12-17

School boards have said that without the co-operation of teachers, there’s no way they can administer the tests, which teachers have dubbed “evil questions attacking Ontario.”

Kristin Rushowy (2015 May 14) “EQAO standardized testing cancelled over teacher job action”, in Toronto Star, Torstar, archived from the original on 2020-12-17

(Canada, informal, education, derogatory) Standardized tests conducted by the Education Quality and Accountability Office in the province of Ontario.


correspondence course

correspondence course (plural correspondence courses)

A study programme that is carried on by post, with tutors mailing learning materials and assignments to students, and students mailing back their work.


Pragger-Wagger

Jocular modification of Prince + -er + Wales + -er. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) The Prince of Wales.


Pragga-Wagga

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Alternative form of Pragger-Wagger


student council

student council (plural student councils)

While in high school, she was elected as student council president.

In elementary and secondary schools, an elected student body which mediates between students and staff and also organizes schoolwide activities.


discipline-specific

en-adj

discipline-specific (comparative more discipline-specific, superlative most discipline-specific)

more discipline-specific (comparative)
most discipline-specific (superlative)

The extent of a general academic vocabulary has been questioned by previous research that has found vocabulary and lexical bundles vary so much by discipline that a discipline-specific approach to vocabulary instruction should be adopted.

2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 1:

(linguistics, education) Relating to, or forming part of, the typical language used in a particular field of study.


English-medium

In the wider global context, the growth of international schools means there are now more students studying English-medium curricula where resources informed by the ESL research could be particularly beneficial.

2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 3:

Of education, conducted in the English language.


open classroom

Coordinate term: open corridor

(education) A single large room used for teaching a large group of pupils of varying ability, who are typically divided into smaller groups.


transfer test

(UK, Ireland, education) An examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education, governing admission to grammar schools and other secondary schools that use academic selection.


tripartite system

(UK, Ireland, education, historical) The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.


evening class

I'm doing evening classes in woodworking. Here's a bowl that I made.

(education) A tuitional class held in the evening, typically for adults, and teaching a vocational or academic subject, practical skill, or recreational pursuit.


EFTSL

(education) Initialism of equivalent full time student load.


conditional unconditional

en-noun

conditional unconditional (plural conditional unconditionals)

(UK, education) An offer of a place at a particular university for a student, regardless of their performance in examinations, on the condition that they agree to choose that university over any other.


higher arithmetic

Arithmetic should overlap algebra, because the simpler parts of Algebra are easier than higher arithmetic; and some knowledge of algebra would conduce to a more intelligent appreciation of such topics as proportion, evolution, application of percentage, etc.

1895, Report, Mississippi State Department of Education, page 10:

1898, John Henry Walsh, Mathematics for Common Schools: Part III: Higher Arithmetic, D. C. Heath & Co.:

With division higher arithmetic naturally begins, and for the more advanced pupil it will be proper here to insert a short course on that subject.

1976, Charles S. Peirce, The New Elements of Mathematics, Volume 1: Arithmetic, Mouton Publishers, page 95:

(education, obsolete) A loosely defined range of topics in arithmetic, distinguished from elementary arithmetic by the more advanced nature of the methods and concepts.


access day

(education) A day on which an institution (such as a farm or a university) hosts visitors who come to learn about it.


interlibrary loan

interlibrary loan (plural interlibrary loans)

Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.

The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates.

2016, Linda R. Musser, Barbara M. Coopey, “Impact of a Discovery System on Interlibrary Loan”, in College & Research Libraries, volume 77, number 5, →DOI, page 651:

(library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.

館際互借 /馆际互借

loan of an item between two library systems


VET

VET (countable and uncountable, plural VETs)

(education) Initialism of vocational education and training.


teachable moment

teachable moment (plural teachable moments)

(education) The time at which learning a topic becomes easiest.


Stanford-Binet

Named after French psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1911) and Stanford University, where the technique was further revised (1916).

named-after

Stanford-Binet scale

I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, […] lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale.

1968, Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:

Historically, the Stanford–Binet and gifted children have been linked, largely because of the relationship of Lewis Terman to both the Stanford-Binet and his epic longitudinal study of the gifted (Terman, 1925).

1995, Judy Genshaft, Marlene Bireley, Constance L. Hollinger, editors, Serving Gifted and Talented Students, Pro-Ed, →ISBN, page 53:

(education, also attributive) A cognitive ability and intelligence test primarily designed to assess children.


minor in

en-verb

minor in (third-person singular simple present minors in, present participle minoring in, simple past and past participle minored in)

minors in (present singular third-person)
minoring in (participle present)
minored in (participle past)
minored in (past)

(Canada, US, education) To study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.


pupil premium

(UK, education) A grant awarded by the government to schools in England for the benefit of disadvantaged students.


core course

...their cooperation should be secured in order to include the subject as a core course in the program of studies.

1934, The Balance Sheet - Volumes 16-17, page 113:

What specifically is a core course? Over the answer to this advocates and the opponents of general education have waged bitter battles.

1948, Earl James McGrath, Social Sciences in General Education, page 77:

As mentioned previously, this is a core course with a relatively large annual enrollment.

1993, CASCON '93: Software engineering, page 130:

(education) An academic class that is one of a subset of mandatory classes required to complete a degree program.


infant school

(UK) A primary school, generally for children aged between four and seven.


Stinkomalee

Coined by Theodore Hook, apparently Blend of stink + Trincomalee, perhaps because some cow-houses and dunghills stood on the original site.

(UK, slang, derogatory, obsolete) The University of London.


hybrid learning

A school or district that is truly committed to delivering hybrid learning will find a way to help bridge the gap for learners without Internet access.

2011 February, Michele Luhtala, “A Real World Example”, in Teacher Librarian, volume 38, number 3, pages 24–25:

Getting the optimum blend between face-to-face and online learning will remain the key and could be difficult, leading organisations to think differently. The evolution of the 'hybrid learning model is pertinent to building a sustainable learning and development model in the future.

2020 August 16, “More willingness to learn during Covid, says ACCA study”, in The Hindu BusinessLine on Campus:

Education involving both online or distance learning and in-person instruction.


xMOOC

Coordinate term: cMOOC

(education) A MOOC (massive open online course) structured like a traditional course, with a clear syllabus of recorded lectures and self-test problems.


cMOOC

Coordinate term: xMOOC

(education) A MOOC (massive open online course) taking a connectivist approach, focusing on student collaboration and the evolution of teaching materials over time.


NPQH

w:National Professional Qualification for Headship

(UK, education) Initialism of National Professional Qualification for Headship.


hot tiger

(Oxford University slang, obsolete) A drink of hot spiced ale mixed with sherry.


SEL

en-noun

SEL (countable and uncountable, plural SELs)

In a March interview conducted over email, Mr. Rufo stated that while social-emotional learning sounds “positive and uncontroversial” in theory, “in practice, SEL serves as a delivery mechanism for radical pedagogies such as critical race theory and gender deconstructionism.”

2022 April 22, Dana Goldstein, Stephanie Saul, quoting Chris Rufo, “A Look Inside the Textbooks That Florida Rejected”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Social–emotional learning
w:Social–emotional learning

(education, uncountable) Initialism of Social–emotional learning.


EHCP

(UK, education) Initialism of education, health and care plan.


winterim

(US) A period in a winter term in which students work on projects away from their normal school


STAAR

(US, education) Acronym of State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.


roll tide

From the University of Alabama's fight song Yea Alabama, which ends in the words “Go, roll to victory, Hit your stride, You're Dixie's football pride, Crimson Tide! [Roll Tide, Roll Tide!]”.

University of Alabama
w:University of Alabama

An all-purpose term of enthusiasm in support of the University of Alabama football team.


TEKS

(US, education) Acronym of Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.


pre-AP

en-adj

pre-AP (comparative more pre-AP, superlative most pre-AP)

more pre-AP (comparative)
most pre-AP (superlative)

She signed up for pre-AP classes.

(US, education) Heightened difficulty in preparation for higher learning.


JBHS

James Bowie High School
w:James Bowie High School

(US, education) Initialism of James Bowie High School.


AISD

Austin Independent School District
w:Austin Independent School District

(US, education) Initialism of Austin Independent School District.

w:American International School of Dhaka

(Bangladesh, education) Initialism of American International School of Dhaka.


distributive education

(education) A vocational scheme combining classroom teaching and part-time employment.


wet break

(UK, education) A school playtime when pupils are kept indoors because of rain.


open admission

en-noun

open admission (countable and uncountable, plural open admissions)

(US, education) An unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.


opportunity class

opportunity class (plural opportunity classes)

(Australia, education) A separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.

Opportunity classes. — These are classes for retarded overgrown pupils. Many of these children come to our city from rural areas where their education has been irregular.

1944, United States. Congress. House, Hearings, volume 9, page 361:

Mildly retarded children, who are usually termed "educable mentally retarded" formed the largest group of handicapped children in Alberta. Most of them attended "Opportunity Classes".

1969, Alberta. Dept. of Education, Annual Report of the Department of Education, page 78:

(historical, education) A separate class for teaching backward children.


opportunity room

opportunity room (plural opportunity rooms)

opportunity class
opportunity class#English

(historical, education) Synonym of opportunity class (“a separate class for teaching backward children”)


JMI

(UK, education) Initialism of junior mixed infant. (designating a school that teaches both infant and junior age ranges)


double E

From having two Es in the initialism, thus doubled up.

electrical engineer
electrical engineer#English

(electrical engineering) Abbreviation of electrical engineer.

Alternative form of EE
Abbreviation of electrical engineer.

electrical engineering
electrical engineering#English

(electrical engineering) Abbreviation of electrical engineering.

Alternative form of EE
Abbreviation of electrical engineering.

(electrical engineering) Abbreviation of degree (diploma) in electrical engineering.


T Level

(UK, education) A two-year technical course taken after GCSEs and equivalent to three A levels, developed to meet the needs of industry.


A++

(education, sometimes humorous, rare) An academic grade better than one hundred, usually due to extra credit. Better than an A+.


bossy r

(education) The letter r (in certain English words, such as bird and sort) that modifies the pronunciation of the preceding vowel.


SDC

(US, education) Initialism of State Dual Credit.


AQA

(UK, education) Initialism of Assessment and Qualifications Alliance.


e-module

(education) A module (unit of education covering a single topic) delivered and assessed by means of computer technology.


race-norming

(education) In the United States, the practice of adjusting test scores based on the race of the person taking the test.


combined school

combined school (plural combined schools)

The phrase, and the type of school, were originally proposed in the Plowden Report in 1967.

(UK, education) A school accepting pupils from age 4 to 12.


adaptive learning

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

An educational method which uses computer algorithms as well as artificial intelligence to orchestrate the interaction with the learner and deliver customized resources and learning activities to address the unique needs of each learner.


SELT

(education) Acronym of secure English language test (one taken under special conditions to prevent cheating).


rocks for jocks

(informal, US) An introductory course in geology that is attended by student athletes who for legal reasons must attend classes in order to continue playing their sport competitively.


extraclassroom

funding for extraclassroom activities


book report

(education) A student's written reflection of a book they have read.


Waldorf education

The first school based upon Steiner's ideas was opened in 1919 in response to a request by Emil Molt of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company.

(education) A humanistic approach to pedagogy based on the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.


reform mathematics

(mathematics, education) An approach to mathematics education, particularly in North America, that de-emphasizes the strict rote following of algorithms.


RSHE

(UK, education) Initialism of relationships, sex and health education.


wow word

If they think of a wow word, they look it up in a thesaurus and then add it to their own digital text and the poster of wow words on the classroom wall. These words give access to all students to improve and extend writing.

2015, Jane Hunter, Technology Integration and High Possibility Classrooms, page 73:

Identify a WOW word that can be used in the place of nice. Brainstorm several and then settle on one to use as you rewrite the sentence.

2017, Richard Gentry, Getting to the Core of Writing, page 191:

(education) A more interesting or vivid synonym for an everyday word.


contract cheating

(education) The submission of assessment work, such as an assignment or report, that has been ghost-written by someone else.


acquisitionism

Coordinate term: participationism

(education) An approach to learning that focuses on the individual learner acquiring knowledge.


participationism

Coordinate term: acquisitionism

(education) An approach to learning that focuses on the individual learner interacting with other people.


acquisitionist

(education) A proponent of acquisitionism.


participationist

(education) A proponent of participationism.


WALT

(education) Acronym of we are learning to....


WILF

(education) Acronym of what I'm looking for: the teacher's desired outcome when students are set an exercise.


HUMSS

(education) Abbreviation of humanities and social sciences.


ECF

error carried forward
error carried forward#English

(education) Initialism of error carried forward.


student hour

(education, US) A time-based unit of measurement used in American colleges and universities to track student educational attainment. Each unit represents approximately 12 hours of class or contact time with an instructor over the course of a semester.


nonpromotion

nonpromotion (countable and uncountable, plural nonpromotions)

The first group consisted of the Black teachers who expressed ambivalence and concern that students would be emotionally hurt by nonpromotions. The second group consisted of gregarious, highly spirited teachers.

1990, Kofi Lomotey, Going to School: The African-American Experience, page 62:

(US, education) The holding back of a pupil instead of advancing them to the next year of studies.


essay mill

(education, derogatory) An organization that sells prewritten papers to students.


S level

(UK, historical, education) A public examination taken by the most able A-level students and typically used to support university applications, particularly to Oxbridge.


mark-making

(education) Activities by which young children produce physical marks or drawings, such as scribbling with crayons or making patterns in sand.


CBL

competency-based learning
w:competency-based learning

Initialism of competency-based learning.

CBL as a teaching and learning method incorporates technology, teamwork, self-directed learning, peer learning, real-world problem solving, and reflective learning, which can extend from the classroom into the local community (Johnson and Adams, 2011).

2020, Steven D. Waldman, Stephanie Bowlin, Building a Patient-Centered Interprofessional Education Program, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 139:

challenge-based learning
w:challenge-based learning

computer-based learning
w:computer-based learning

Coordinate term: PBL

CBL cases should have a realistic clinical scenario but can be written to emphasize a wide variety of learning objectives to include basic science principles, disease presentations, […]

2020, Nomy Dickman, Barbara Schuster, editors, Active Education for Future Doctors, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 43:


PBL

Coordinate term: CBL

problem-based learning
w:problem-based learning

(education) Initialism of problem-based learning.


Ask a Stupid Question Day

From the phrase there's no such thing as a stupid question.

(education, chiefly US) A holiday that is sometimes celebrated, usually by school students and teachers, observed on either September 28th or the last school day of September. The purpose of the holiday is to encourage students to ask more questions in the classroom.


continuation school

continuation school (plural continuation schools)

If a boy enters mercantile life, he must for three years attend a continuation school organized by the Merchants' Association […]

1913, United States. Office of Education, Bulletin, numbers 50-58, page 25:

(education, dated) A school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.


FAMUan

(informal) A student or alum of Florida A&M University.


breed up

en-verb

breed up (third-person singular simple present breeds up, present participle breeding up, simple past and past participle bred up)

breeds up (present singular third-person)
breeding up (participle present)
bred up (participle past)
bred up (past)

(transitive) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.


Studyblr

The essence of studyblr is that it makes studying easier even in the face of your most hateful midterms and final exams.

2017, Fae Angelie Nas, "Studyblr: Studying with Pics and Figures", The Auditor (Bicol University, Legazpi City, Philippines), July 2017, page 6

Studyblr also has a large focus on collecting unique school supplies, particularly colorful writing utensils produced by many Japanese stationary companies.

2018 February, Sophia Liang, “Take note of new 'studyblr' trend”, in Eastside, Cherry Hill, NJ: Cherry Hill High School East, page 21:

Though the reign of the Lilly Pulitzer planner is long past, we still manage to convince ourselves every year that we will become the next icon of "Studyblr" and commence a desperate search for pastel highlighters, rainbow Post-it notes and, of course, the perfect gel pen.

2021 September 14, Abbigale Evans, Lexi Solomon, “Hokie, Hokie, Hokie buy: CT staffers' picks to peruse when your parents are in town”, in The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech, page 5:

(Internet slang) The community of academic and studying-oriented blogs on Tumblr.


studyblr

As opposed to the average gifset, studyblrs tend to post or reblog aesthetic pictures of personal workspaces.

2015 October 22, Christine Chow, “It's all a blr: Motivating your study”, in The Silhouette, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, page 22:

Her studyblr serves as a visual diary of the work she puts into studying, and looking over it makes her proud of how far she's come.

2018, Paulina Klubok, Chloe Huang, & Jennifer Lu, "Behind the Photos: A Look Inside the Studyblr Community", 2 February 2018, page 3

However, studyblrs do acknowledge the difficulties that accompany being a student, especially those in graduate school.

2018, Bonnie Wong, Study Breaks, volume 30, number 5, page 39:

(Internet slang) A Tumblr blog focused on studying or academia.


Studygram

Yet, Diana would definitely encourage a lot more arts students to join the Studygram community.

2019, Caoimhe Killeen, "Study and Chill: A look at the studygram community", SIN: Student Independent News (National University of Ireland, Galway), 31 March 2020, page 9

[…] when she'd attempted to distract herself in religious studies by replicating a revision page with the neatest handwriting she'd seen on a Studygram page; […]

2021, Lucy Powrie, Ready with Pride: Book 2, unnumbered page:

Popular “Studygram” accounts showcase elaborately designed notes adorned with calligraphed titles and pastel color pallets.

2021 November 9, Noah Do, “Noah's Arc”, in The Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell University, page 5:

(Internet slang) The community of academic and studying-oriented accounts on Instagram.


studygram

Along with rewritten notes, Chen's studygram is full of colorful bullet journal pages.

2018, Paulina Klubok, Chloe Huang, & Jennifer Lu, "Behind the Photos: A Look Inside the Studyblr Community", The Stuyvesant Spectator (Stuyvesant High School), 2 February 2018, page 3

"It's mainly science or law students that have studygrams, and not a lot of arts students. […]

2019, Diana Lajenko, quoted in Caoimhe Killeen, "Study and Chill: A look at the studygram community", SIN: Student Independent News (National University of Ireland, Galway), 31 March 2020, page 9

Originating around 2014 on sites like Tumblr, the advent of studyblrs and studygrams has brought with it a culture of academia centered on thoughtful encouragement, aestheticism, and wellness.

2020, Aliza Li, "Study Culture", Her Culture, Fall 2020, page 39

(Internet slang) An Instagram account focused on studying or academia.


studygrammer

Like many other studygrammers, student Lydia of @lydia.studies presents many of her neat flashcards, notes, and flowcharts through her Instagram account.

2018 April 24, Catherine Seok, “Study Instagrams”, in The Prospector, Cupertino High School, Cupertino, CA, page 11:

Take a look at the hashtag on Instagram, and you'll find that these “studygrammers” love particular brands of Japanese pens, […]

2019 October 12, Moe Yagihara, “Get Back to School in Style”, in ORIGAMI Magazine, page 22:

The next “studygrammer” was a user under the name @studyingindigital, aka Amy Kilner, who lives in the United Kingdom as well.

2020, Fatima Jalloh, "Digital Notetaking", The Eagle Talon (Paxon School for Advanced Studies), November 2020, page 7

An Instagrammer whose account focuses on studying and academia.


pen licence

(UK, Australia, education) Permission to use a pen for schoolwork instead of a pencil, granted to a child whose handwriting has reached an acceptable standard.


movable alphabet

en-noun

movable alphabet (plural movable alphabets)

(education) A set of usually wooden or plastic letters of the alphabet, with the vowels and consonants in different colors, used to teach reading and writing in the Montessori system.


Gratin

(UK, education) A course of study at secondary level in which Ancient Greek and Latin are combined into a single timetabled subject.


summer vacation

summer vacation (countable and uncountable, plural summer vacations)

(US, Canada) a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year


MUN

(education) Abbreviation of model United Nations.


EduTwitter

Once upon a time, “EduTwitter” was full of promise and highlighted teaching at its best.

2018 October 22, Joseph Bispham, “Don't get sucked into trad vs prog on EduTwitter”, in Times Educational Supplement:

EduTwitter is an incredible source of information for educators. I know I wouldn't be in teaching any more if I hadn't joined Twitter in September 2014.

2019, Victoria Hewitt, Making it as a Teacher: How to Survive and Thrive in the First Five Years, unnumbered page:

When one scrolls through the EduTwitter feed and witnesses the amount of self-flagellation and denigration going on at our own hands, one realises the power that a sprinkling of self-compassion could have for our workforce.

2020, Angela Browne, Lighting the Way: The Case for Ethical Leadership in Schools, page 92

(Internet) The community of teachers and education-focused users on Twitter.


TCDSB

Coordinate term: TDSB

Abbreviation of Toronto Catholic District School Board.


HTS

Borrowed from Afrikaans HTS, from hoër + tegniese + skool.

technical high school
technical high school#English

(South Africa, education) Abbreviation of technical high school.


Maggers

Jocular modification of Magdalen + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Magdalen College, Oxford.


Wuggers

Jocular modification of Worcester + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Worcester College, Oxford.


Wuggins

(Oxford University slang, archaic) Alternative form of Wuggers.


matriculash

(Oxford University slang, modern, humorous) The large-scale session of heavy drinking that ensues following matriculation.


Bod card

(Oxford University slang) An identity card issued by Oxford University.


school division

school division (plural school divisions)

The system of Free Schools may also be commended upon the ground of its tendency to promote unity and mutual affection among the inhabitants of each school division.

1851, E. Ryerson, Annual Report of the Normal, Model and Common Schools in Upper Canada for the Year 1850, Toronto: Lovell and Gibson, page 204:

(Canada, Philippines, Virginia, historically Ceylon) An administrative unit responsible for public primary and secondary schools in a particular locality; the area under the jurisdiction of such an administrative unit.


Lent term

(education) The second academic term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from January to March; equivalent to Hilary term at the universities of Oxford and Dublin.


summer holiday

summer holiday (countable and uncountable, plural summer holidays)

Coordinate term: winter holiday

(UK, Ireland) A school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year.


long vac

(Oxbridge slang) Clipping of long vacation.


Long Vac term

Long Vacation term
Long Vacation term#English

(Oxbridge slang) Contraction of Long Vacation term.


Corpuscle

(Oxford University slang) A member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

(Cambridge University slang) A member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.


Oriel

Oriel College, Oxford
w:Oriel College, Oxford

(Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Oriel College, Oxford.


Univ

University College, Oxford
w:University College, Oxford

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of University College, Oxford.


Benet's

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Benet's, referring to St Benet's Hall, Oxford.


King's

King's College, Cambridge
w:King's College, Cambridge

(Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of King's College, Cambridge.

King's College London
w:King's College London

(informal) Ellipsis of King's College London.


Anne's

(Oxford University slang) Ellipsis of St Anne's, referring to St Anne's College, Oxford.


Antony's

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Antony's, referring to St Antony's College, Oxford.


Hilda's

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Hilda's, referring to St Hilda's College, Oxford.


Hugh's

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Hugh's, referring to St Hugh's College, Oxford.


John's

(Cambridge University slang) Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Cambridge.

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Oxford.


Peter's

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Peter's, referring to St Peter's College, Oxford.


Buckingham College

Magdalene College, Cambridge
w:Magdalene College, Cambridge

(Cambridge University, historical) Former name of Magdalene College, Cambridge.


Toriel

(Oxford University slang, derogatory, UK politics) Oriel College, Oxford.


OUCA

w:Oxford University Conservative Association

(Oxford University slang) Acronym of Oxford University Conservative Association.


OUCA

(Oxford University slang) Used by members of OUCA as a celebratory or rallying expression of approval for the association and/or wider Conservative values.


Port and Policy

en-prop

Port and Policy (usually uncountable, plural Port and Policies)

(Oxford University slang) The weekly meeting of the Oxford University Conservative Association.


crewdate

(Oxford University slang) A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, traditionally rowing crews, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with sconcing and pennying; equivalent to a swap at Cambridge University.


crew date

(Oxford University slang) Alternative form of crewdate.


formal swap

(Cambridge University slang) A social meal between two university societies (a swap) held at a formal hall; generally less associated with drinking games and rowdy behaviour.


OUDS

Oxford University Dramatic Society
w:Oxford University Dramatic Society

(Oxford University slang) Acronym of Oxford University Dramatic Society.


Rad Cam

(Oxford University slang) Contraction of the Radcliffe Camera.


13th grade

thirteenth grade
thirteenth grade#English

Alternative spelling of thirteenth grade


13th grader

thirteenth grader
thirteenth grader#English


hidden curriculum

en-noun

hidden curriculum (plural hidden curriculums or hidden curricula)

hidden curriculums (plural)
hidden curricula (plural)

(education) Knowledge and beliefs that are not explicitly taught in school but which pupils acquire in the school environment.


Quaggers

(Oxford University slang, archaic) The Queen's College, Oxford.


Intermediate Certificate

Intermediate Certificate (countable and uncountable, plural Intermediate Certificates)

(Ireland, dated) A certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school.

Teastas Idirmheánach

certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school before 1992


BPhil

Bachelor of Philosophy
Bachelor of Philosophy#English


exit ticket

From exit + ticket, because of it being one's "ticket" to exit the classroom.

A small assignment done at the end of a class period, often based on the subject taught that period.


VLE

virtual learning environment
w:virtual learning environment

(education) Initialism of virtual learning environment..


weedout

weedout (countable and uncountable, plural weedouts)

a weedout class

a weedout course

(education, informal, attributive) A class that is difficult or requires a lot of effort, and thus may cause less able or less dedicated students to drop out.


Vandy

One of the things he missed most was that 1951 national championship season for Tennessee, although on one occasion he managed to obtain tickets for himself and Briscoe from the Vanderbilt Athletic Department for the Vandy-Tennessee game at Knoxville.

2008 January 1, Joe Buchanan, Linz Interlude, Bookwarren Publishing Servi, →ISBN, page 327:

The Tennessee defense held Vandy on numerous occasions in the fourth quarter.

2011 August 31, Kelly McKeethan, SEC FOOTBALL RELIGION OF A REGION, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 260:

Before the season, the SEC coaches' poll tabbed Alabama, Vandy, Tennessee and Kentucky as the title contenders, and tabbed Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Florida, Auburn and Georgia as outsiders.

2016 February 22, Peter Finney, Jr., The Best of Peter Finney, Legendary New Orleans Sportswriter, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 52:


national school

national school (plural national schools)

My immediate inclination was to send her to the nearby Sekolah Kebangsaan - or National School.

2016 November 25, Dharm Navaratnam, “Thank you to everyone in the SK Seri Hartamas community”, in Malaysiakini:

So, physically place a national school next to vernacular schools, join them by physical link-ways, and then they share a common playing field – unity is expected to be generated over time.

2020 April 27, Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, “Urgent task of new National Unity Ministry”, in New Straits Times:

Teo Nie Ching said remove classes were meant to aid students who were not fluent in Malay, which is the medium at national schools.

2022 March 29, Jananey Ramachandran, “Ex-deputy minister, educationist explain need for remove classes”, in Free Malaysia Today:

medium of instruction
medium of instruction

(Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.


vernacular school

vernacular school (plural vernacular schools)

The medium in vernacular schools is either Tamil or Chinese.

(Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where either Mandarin or Tamil is the medium of instruction.


SWBAT

(education) Initialism of student(s) will be able to.... (used in defining learning objectives)


WASL

w:Washington Assessment of Student Learning

(US, education) Initialism of Washington Assessment of Student Learning.


testbank

From test + bank, analogous to databank.

The chemistry department hired me to write batches of questions for a testbank.

Meronyms: MCQs, multiple-choice questions, word problems, essay questions

(education, publishing) A collection of test questions and/or tests; a databank full of such items.


athletocracy

athletocracy (countable and uncountable, plural athletocracies)

(derogatory, education) The situation where students involved in sports are treated better than those who are not.


Nai Talim

(India, education) A principle of basic education for all, with an appreciation for handicrafts and communal self-reliance, promoted by Mahatma Gandhi.


back-to-school night

back-to-school night (plural back-to-school nights)

(US, education) An informational event in the evening where students' guardians meet their students' teachers and are introduced to the routine, curriculum, policy, etc.


closed campus

(education) A campus that forbids unauthorized entry or exit during the school day.


AIIMS

w:All India Institutes of Medical Sciences

(education, India) Abbreviation of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences.


part-whole model

part-whole model (plural part-whole models)

(education) A simple tree-like diagram showing the relationship between a whole and its parts, used in teaching mathematical concepts such as fractions.


numberness

Fluent reading and fluency in numberness are analogous.

2014, Steve Chinn, The Routledge International Handbook of Dyscalculia and Mathematical Learning Difficulties, page 280:

(education) Competence in working with numbers and arithmetic; numeracy.


first school

For six months in 2015, a class of 9-year-olds from a first school in rural Northumberland (29 children) planned and planted a hay meadow in a local garden […]

2017, David Leat, Enquiry and Project Based Learning, page 171:

(UK, education) In the three-tier education system, a school for children until thee age of eight or nine.


platoon grouping

(education, historical) A system of children's education in which one group studied while another group carried out activities.


straight A's

He always gets straight A's; he must study a lot.

(education, chiefly US) Grades or marks that are consistently A's.


UPSR

The ministry urged parents not to be easily fooled by bogus web pages and information after an online portal was discovered to be offering Ujian Pencapaian Sekokah Rendah (UPSR) and Form 3 Assessment (PT3) “exams” to students.

2020 August 26, “Education Ministry: UPSR, PT3 cancelled for 2020, don't be taken in by offers of 'special exams’ online”, in The Star:

Taking standardised examinations like the UPSR can provide evidence that all students are learning effectively and mastering grade level expectations after six years of primary education.

2021 May 4, Moaz Nair, “Abolishing UPSR is a regressive policy decision”, in Free Malaysia Today:

"At the primary school level, we were the first batch to sit for UPSR under the newly-introduced Standard Based Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR) syllabus.

2021 November 22, Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan, “SPM schedule to be revised, says Radzi”, in New Straits Times:

(education, historical) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.


graphwork

Graphwork in the secondary school may be taught "officially" in mathematics lessons but will also appear in […]

1994, David Green, Teaching Statistics at Its Best, page 7:

A generally weak aspect of graphwork tends to be pupils' understanding and use of scale markings. Errors frequently occur when a coordinate does not coincide with a scale marking or grid line.

2003, Sandra Amos, Richard Boohan, Aspects of Teaching Secondary Science: Perspectives on Practice:

(education) Work based around graphs (data charts).


order mark

"If you don't attend, Gwendolen," said the mistress, "and stop looking out of the window, I shall have to give you an order-mark."

1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:

If a child loses five or more points for his House he automatically gets an order mark.

1958, Abdul Hakim, Better Schools, page 47:

(UK, education, historical) A formal black mark given to a pupil for bad behaviour.


accreditation mill

accreditation mill (plural accreditation mills)

(education, derogatory) An organization that purports to award educational accreditation to higher education institutions without the proper government authority or recognition from mainstream academia to operate as an accreditor.


parent trigger

(US, education, law) A legal maneuver through which parents can change the administration of a poorly performing public school, most notably by transforming it into a charter school.


prebachelor

(education) Prior to the bachelor's degree level.


semestering

(education) Operation as a semester school.


prealgebraic

(education) Before the study of algebra.


pretheological

(education) Of or relating to pretheology.


pretechnical

(education) Leading up to a technical course.


Whitgift

en-proper noun

Whitgift (countable and uncountable, plural Whitgifts)

From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).

East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire#English

A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).

(UK) Ellipsis of Whitgift School; a prestigious public school for boys in Croydon.


ECA

(education) Initialism of early career academic.


nongraduation

(education) Failure to graduate from a course of study.


ADMU

Ateneo de Manila University
w:Ateneo de Manila University

(Philippines) Initialism of Ateneo de Manila University.


DLSU

De La Salle University
w:De La Salle University

(Philippines) Initialism of De La Salle University.


Dreyfus model of skill acquisition

the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition (canonical)

Named after brothers Stuart and Hubert Dreyfus, who proposed the model in 1980 in an 18-page report on their research at the University of California, Berkeley.

A model of how learners can acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing, used in the fields of education and operations research.

Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
Hubert Dreyfus
Stuart Dreyfus


protégé effect

(psychology) The phenomenon that students who teach others learn at a better quality than students who don't teach.


teachable agent

en-noun

teachable agent (plural teachable agents)

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

An artificial intelligence used at a university that simulates a pupil or learner, to help promote students' understanding of metacognitive skills.


Pell Grant

Originally known as a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, it was renamed in 1980 in honor of Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island.

(US, education) A subsidy provided by the United States federal government to students who need it to pay for college.


speed teaching

Coordinate term: speed reading

(uncommon) The skill of teaching a subject at a faster rate or speed than average.


submaster

Masters […] Submasters […] Teacher of French […] Teacher of drawing

1914, National Vocational Guidance Association. Meeting, Vocational Guidance: Papers Presented at the Organization..., page 252:

(education, historical) A secondary or subsidiary schoolmaster.


frosh week

But a year after Western University's frosh week ended with a mass walkout in the wake of multiple sexual assault allegations and claims of toxic campus culture, student leaders say additional supports and training are a key part of their orientation plans.

2022 September 4, Jordan Omstead, “Ontario students excited for frosh week, but safety top of mind for organizers”, in CTV News:

(university slang, Canada) A week of activities dedicated to new students at a college or university, held to prepare them for their first academic year.


O-Week

Meanwhile, as the school gets set for O-Week activities on campus, students are busy moving into surrounding neighbourhoods. With the first major parties expected this weekend, the message from the London Police Service is to be civil.

2022 September 2, Bryan Bicknell, “Students, neighbours hope to avoid repeat of last year’s O-Week violence”, in CTV News London:

(university slang) Abbreviation of Orientation Week.


capstone project

capstone project (plural capstone projects)

A project that is the culmination of an academic course or major, usually at the end.


final year project

final year project (plural final year projects)

A capstone project done in the final year of a course.


credit hour

(education, academics, US) A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.


Cali or bust

Many more are coming to the same realisation as Fox: "Cali or bust". But this is at the expense of other tech hubs. Boston, for example, was once tipped to be the hub Silicon Valley has become. While it is still a major player, particularly in med tech, for various reasons, California came out on top.

2015 October 12, John Holden, “The networking in Silicon Valley is unparalleled”, in The Irish Times:

University of Waterloo graduates stressed there is a lot of peer pressure to land jobs in Silicon Valley. The saying on campus is: "Cali or bust."

2018 May 3, Terry Pender, “'Cali or bust': Tech sector losing grads to Silicon Valley”, in Waterloo Chronicle:

CALI OR BUST (overline)

2018 May 11, Lila MacLellan, “Alarm bells should be going off in Canada's STEM industry”, in Quartz:

The main reasons for why a student would 'Cali or bust' are: higher internship pay in the US, experience new locations & cultures, work at reputable companies, and the fact that the many of their classmates are also heading to the US.

2018 May 15, Bo Peng, “The Cali or Bust Conundrum”, in bopeng.io:

(university slang, computer science) Expressing a desire to work for a company in Silicon Valley, California (especially a FAANG company).


grandbig

From grand- + big, by analogy with familial relationships such as grandmother.

Your Greek roots go back further than those old letter T-shirts your grandbig gave you. Since Greek life was established at GW more than 150 years ago, sororities and fraternities have become a part of University history, now making up a third of our campus population.

2014 September 11, Alissa Varghese, Eva Palmer, “Throwback: Greeks in national, University history”, in The GW Hatchet:

Tessa Bradlie Souffrant posted "My grandbig and her mom are missing while she is abroad in New Zealand".

2016 April 30, “Missing American hikers found safe”, in Newstalk ZB:

Every Little is assigned a Big to mentor them, and it's the Big's job to show them how things are done. Every Big has a Grandbig who is over the Big, and then there's the Great Grandbig, the—"
 "Let me guess," I said. "The Mac Daddy of them all."
 "I prefer Mac Mother, but yes, you get the idea."

2021, Cheryl Bradshaw, Little Lost Secrets:

(university slang) A big of a big; a sorority member who has herself mentored a mentor.


grandlittle

From grand- + little, by analogy with familial relationships such as granddaughter.

Your grandlittle calling your boyfriend "grandpa."

2013 October 8, @totalsratmove, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-10-03:

Even after your Little becomes a Big, her Little becomes your Grandlittle. It's an endless relationship type of thing.

2015 May 14, Kelly Mickle, “My Sorority Little Sister Was Killed in the UCSB Shootings”, in Cosmopolitan:

officially getting a grandlittle today and I'm way too juiced💞

2016 October 14, @chichichichiss, Twitter:

(university slang) A little of a little; a sorority member mentored by someone who was themselves mentored.


srat

Typically the srat look consists of chacos and big t-shirts. But even people who are not a part of Greek life still dress that way because we live in Arkansas. It is the natural state and we like to be comfortable.

2015 September 30, Nicole Nark, “Students Dress for Comfort”, in The Arkansas Traveller:

This srat house has a ginormous marble foyer, a conference-room-size study area, and recreational rooms with cute pink walls.

2018 April 10, Sam Feher, “The 50 Most Stunning Sorority Houses in America”, in Cosmopolitan:

If Tesla's gonna act like a sorority on overdrive, maybe they shouldn't tell their customers to post the very comments they want to take down. At least srat standards boards have clear guidelines!

2021 July 25, Jennimai Nguyen, “Tesla channels old school sorority values by policing customers' social media posts”, in Mashable:


DBQ

(US, education) Initialism of document/data-based question.


bothways

In this paper we briefly revisit the first iterations of the ‘Bothways’ philosophy to demonstrate its symmetry with the Yolŋu transculturation heritage (of the Warramiri in particular), developed through many centuries of contact with sea-faring visitors.

2019 April 2, Ben van Gelderen, Kathy Guthadjaka, The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, page 147:

(education) Utilising both Western and Indigenous knowledge systems; two-way.


PRU

pupil referral unit
pupil referral unit#English

(UK, education) Initialism of pupil referral unit.

pupil reintegration unit
pupil reintegration unit#English

(UK, education) Initialism of pupil reintegration unit.


learnification

/ˌlɜː(ɹ)nəfəˈkeɪʃən/

From learn + -ification. Coined by Dutch educational theorist Gert Biesta an article published in a 2009 journal volume.

coinage

In the next section I explore why we seem to have lost sight of questions about values, purpose and the goodness of education. I suggest that at least part of the explanation for this has to do with what I will refer to as the 'learnification' of education: the transformation of an educational vocabulary into a language of learning.

2009, Gert Biesta, “Good education in an age of measurement: on the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education”, in Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, volume 21, number 1, →DOI, pages 33–46:

'Learnification' appears to reduce teachers to facilitators of learning, competent practitioners or at worst 'deliverers' of the curriculum.

2016 July 30, Osvaldo Muñiz Solari, Michael Solem, Richard Boehm, Learning Progressions in Geography Education: International Perspectives, Springer, →ISBN, page 48:

Pearson's business motto is 'Always Learning', which plays well with the contemporary moment of learnification.

2017 October 20, Elisabeth Hultqvist, Sverker Lindblad, Thomas S. Popkewitz, Critical Analyses of Educational Reforms in an Era of Transnational Governance, Springer, →ISBN, page 53:

The learnification in SEL is evident in its claimed benefits for cognitive outcomes and achievement gains rather than personal health or societal well-being.

2021 December 15, Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley, Well-Being in Schools: Three Forces That Will Uplift Your Students in a Volatile World, ASCD, →ISBN:

(education, derogatory) The shift in discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.


learnify

en-verb

learnify (third-person singular simple present learnifies, present participle learnifying, simple past and past participle learnified)

learnifies (present singular third-person)
learnifying (participle present)
learnified (participle past)
learnified (past)

Back-formation from learnification, equivalent to learn + -ify.

Learnifying the Curriculum: In the new educational technology and media, a term like "curriculum" has been replaced with popular expressions of personalized learning, learning styles, learning choice, and learning centers (Loveless & Williamson, 2013).

2015 October 19, Yigal Rosen, Handbook of Research on Technology Tools for Real-World Skill Development, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 5:

Thus, three-part lessons, thinking skills activities and frequent assessments of ‘progress’ enormously learnified the processes of education and, in some ways, distorted the relationship between teachers and students, and indeed the different relationship students and teachers have with the various subjects.

2018, David Lambert, “Editorial: Teaching as a research-engaged profession: Uncovering a blind spot and revealing new possibilities”, in London Review of Education, volume 16, number 3, →DOI, pages 357–370:

The conventional relational grammar involves teachers and students connecting to pursue academic learning—a grammar rooted in both historic attempts to define the professional domain of teaching as the transmission of academic knowledge as well as current efforts to "learnify" education.

2020, Hillary l. Greene Nolan, “Rethinking the Grammar of Student-Teacher Relationships”, in American Journal of Education, volume 126, number 4, →DOI, pages 549–572:

(education, derogatory) To shift discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.


semisecondary

(education) Being or relating to a kind of advanced primary school focusing on practical subjects.


BOY

Coordinate term: EOY

(education) Initialism of beginning of year.


nontraditional student

en-noun

nontraditional student (plural nontraditional students)

(US, education) In a college or university: a student who does not enroll immediately after graduating high school, works full-time or part-time during their enrollment, or is financially independent.


traditional student

traditional student (plural traditional students)

(US, education) In a college or university: a student who enrolls immediately after graduating high school, does not work during their enrollment, and is not financially independent.


sixie

From six + -ie, in reference to their six years until graduation.

Elena went on to Boston Latin alone, and Genette got into a crowd in her middle school. Even though Elena was in seventh grade, at Boston Latin she was called a sixie, and they were the bottom of the heap.

We can hum the "1812 Overture" (complete with howitzer) from memory, we've got streets named after Mendelssohn and Liszt, and we knew Lenny Bernstein when he was a sixie at Latin.

2006, John Powers, The Boston Handbook, page 94:

I'm particularly aware of Boston State because when I was a sixie (seventh grader) at Boston Latin in the Fall of 1983, the sign on the building of the old Boston State was around the corner from BLS.

2017, Matthew J. Fraser, Critical Infrastructure for Children, page 6:

(education) A seventh-grader at Boston Latin School.


upper school

(UK, education) A school found within secondary education.

(education) A section of a larger school.


school holiday

Travelling with their granny, who seems more interested in her crossword puzzle than them, they bicker and fight in a futile bid to get her attention. Oh, the joys of travelling during the school holidays!

2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

(education) Any time period for which a school is closed.


math circle

(education) An informal space where people study and discuss mathematics, often involving games, hands-on activities, or competition.


Tavern

(Oxford University slang, obsolete) New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.


self-education

The directors of the company encouraged this movement for self-education by granting the use of a small cottage which stood at the rear of the present building.

1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

(education) The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.


GLO

(education) Initialism of generic learning outcome.


technical college

technical college (plural technical colleges)

Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.

1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:

(education) A college of further education providing classes and courses in a range of practical subjects, such as information technology, applied sciences, engineering, agriculture, and secretarial skills.


question stem

If there are multiple correct answers to a question stem, don’t try to predict all of them.

2014, Shelley L. Giordano, Examination Review for Radiography, →ISBN, page 9:

The question stem is presented in the largest font and is bolded; it is the most visually dominant element on the page help draw respondents’ attention to it. The response options and spaces are in a smaller font and indented underneath the question stem.

2014, Don A. Dillman, Jolene D. Smyth, Leah Melani Christian, Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 319:

10. Which of the following ethnographic studies indicate the use of the “emic” approach? Select all that apply. […] Test-Taking Tip: The key word in the question stem is “emic,” which means the insider’s view.

2016, Geraldine N. Valencia-Go, Research Success: A Q&A Review. Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking, →ISBN, pages 197, 202:

In a survey or examination, the focus or salient part of a particular question that the respondent or examinee is asked to answer, excluding any additional prompts or information provided as context; often, the opening part of a multiple choice question.


wet play

wet play (countable and uncountable, plural wet plays)

You should stay in since it's wet play.

It was a rainy day, so at breaktime, we had to stay in for wet play.

2017, Jennifer Killick, Alex Sparrow and the Really Big Stink, Firefly Press:

Wet Play poses challenges to the school day. We know that children are happier and more focused on learning if they have time to run around and play outside. Unfortunately, sometimes (and quite often recently) the weather doesn’t allow this. At these times we have ‘Wet Play’.

2022, “Wet Play | Willow Lane Primary School”, in Willow Lane Community Primary School, archived from the original on 2022-12-22:

(UK, education, uncountable) Structured play activities for young schoolchildren during inclement weather.


daycare centre

A building where children are supervised during the day so that their parents can work.


complementary studies

(education) A subject teaching general skills and responsibilities such as teamwork and critical thinking.


StudyTube

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-StudyTube.wav

Blend of study + YouTube. By surface analysis, study + -Tube.

If you are not aware of the StudyTube community, there are several channels on YouTube dedicated to studying, with over 100k subscribers, which considering it is a rather new and niche audience, this is a substantial subscriber account in comparison to commentary, beauty and gaming channels.

2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:

The only downfall of StudyTube is that it can lead to what feels like productive procrastination.

2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:

I find StudyTube an overwhelming place at the best of times but UnJaded Jade is one of the nicest places on the Internet.

2019 September 23, Ella Somers, “Entertainment Guide”, in Canta, number 11, page 33:

Therefore, I’ve brought together a list of my 5 favourite Study YouTube, or StudyTube, channels to help get you into that motivated mindset.

2020 January, Sabita Burke, “Sabby Studies”, in The Spark, Reading University Students’ Union, page 25:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.[…] Six hours later, the StudyTube Project channel was live.

2020 March 31, Jonathan Moules, “How remote study is changing business school life: The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate”, in BusinessDay, volume 19, number 531, page 19:

When schools first began to close, I brought together 18 academics to collaborate on a shared platform called ‘The StudyTube Project’ which sought to provide escapism and education in these unprecedented times.

2020 July/August, Jack Edwards, “Why using social media to share my experience at Durham University changed my life”, in Cuthbert’s Chronicle, number 12, St Cuthbert’s Society, page 11:

I have a confession to make: I have a mild obsesssion with StudyTube. One of my guilty pleasures is watching people plan their productive lives in beautiful bullet journals using pens that are more expensive than my jeans, while I procrastinate my own work.

2020 October 29, Angelina Zahajko, “The 6 Zoom Commandments: A How-To Guide to Surviving and Thriving through Midterm Season”, in The Innis Herald, volume VII, number 1, page 5:

My friend recommended I check out Eve Bennett’s channel, a studytube staple, when I was in S6.

2020 December 3, Basilia Weir, “Studytube: you’re toxic, I’m slippin’ into a panic spiral about my productivity”, in The Glasgow Guardian, number 4, University of Glasgow, page 13:

Zimbabwean-born student Vee Kativhu—part of the academic StudyTube community—has vlogged her way through degrees at Oxford and then Harvard, 300k viewers tuning in weekly to watch her write essays, sit through lectures, and revise in timelapse.

2021, Olivia Yallop, Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence, Scribe, →ISBN:

She [Eve Bennett] was one of the pioneers of StudyTube and is well-known for her colourful wall of Post-it notes, time-management skills and advocacy of mental health.

2021, Jade Bowler, The Only Study Guide You’ll Ever Need, Blink Publishing, →ISBN:

Notion how-to videos, setups, and templates are the latest trend in the online productivity subculture known as Studyblr (the studying niche on Tumblr), Studygram (Instagram), Studytube (YouTube), and now Studytok (TikTok), where creators cover notetaking, organization, desk setups, and more.

2021 February 8, Bettina Makalintal, “Why We Can’t Get Enough of Watching Other People Organize Their Lives”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-02-08:

Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle speaks to YouTuber Ibz Mo about his student experience at Cambridge, StudyTube and online learning in lockdown. […] Did you see YouTube change over the years? God, yes. When I started it, there was no studytube.

2021 February 26, ““Best three years of my life”: Ibz Mo on Cambridge”, in Varsity, number 888, page 15:

We’ve seen the growth of studytube and studygram as motivational tools and platforms for students to help one another.

2021 March 30, Lucy Fitzsimmons, “PhD with Laura: Trinity geneticist shares the ins and outs of PhD life online”, in Trinity News, volume 67, number 8, page 23:

The unrealistic habits of StudyTube have created counterproductive relationships with audiences to academia.

2021 September 29, Nicole Mui, “Investigative Report: Toxic Positivity; Selling success: Influencers’ romanticization of school life”, in The Charger Account, volume T, number 1, Leland High School, page 10:

“The paradox of StudyTube is you make a reputation around being a normal and relatable student. The thing is, once you start making money and having an audience, you’re no longer an ordinary student.”

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, quoting Jack Edwards, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Notion has become very popular among the studytube community.

2022 October 10, Sophie Revell, “The Best Productivity Apps for Students”, in Gair Rhydd, number 1183, page 23:

StudyTube is weird. I jumped in, expecting Lo-Fi music and aesthetic bullet journaling tips. In horror, I travelled down a rabbit hole of self-help channels that finally led me to Jordan Peterson’s top tips on being a far-right wanker. I won’t lie, I fucking hate self-help, and StudyTube is no exception.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 54:

(Internet slang) The community of academic and studying-oriented channels on YouTube.


StudyTuber

9/10 of the successful StudyTubers are straight-A/A* students.

2019 February, Rosie Wedge, “Studying”, in Student Life, number 25, page 59:

As businesses have realised that there is a huge audience amongst the student body, many of these StudyTubers have become personalities and shot to small but rapidly growing levels of fame as they share their variety of experiences.

2019 October 8, Ellie Robson, “The great rise of ‘studytube’”, in Concrete, number 367, University of East Anglia, page 11:

As UK schools closed and exams were cancelled, a group of educational YouTube vloggers — the Study Tubers^([sic]) — felt compelled to help their fellow students, writes Amy O’Brien.

The lesson here is not that studytubers are terrible influences who intentionally push toxic productivity.

Many of these authors are StudyTubers who are well known online for giving academic advice.

According to The Boar, StudyTubers have emphasized unhealthy coping mechanisms, such as rigorous studying, which cause students to feel pressured about how productive they seem in an academic setting.

Alternatively, as one StudyTuber suggests, some viewers find the revision tips and university vlogs made by their peers far more useful than online resources “made by someone who graduated years ago”.

2021 October 5, Tom Haynes, “What happens to studytubers once they stop studying?”, in i-D, archived from the original on 2021-10-06:

Students are keen to learn from each other as highlighted by the rise of Studytubers on YouTube.

2022, Bradley Lightbody, Advancing Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom: Resetting Pedagogy for the Online Era, Routledge, →ISBN:

Critics of StudyTube often use the idea of parasocial relationships to take issue with StudyTubers’ attempts at replacing study partners—particularly their livestreams and lifestyle/Study with Me videos—however, this is a misapplication of the concept.

2022 November, Anna-Marieke Lechner-Scott, “Study Partners for Sale”, in Bossy, 8th edition, ANU Women’s Department, page 55:

A YouTuber whose account focuses on studying and academia.


StudyTok

On StudyTok, people are pretending to study with celebs through fake but impressively realistic video calls.

2021 August 13, Koh Ewe, “I ‘Worked With’ Celebrities To See if It Will Make Me More Productive”, in Vice, archived from the original on 2021-08-13:

Australian former medical student, newly minted doctor, and influencer Sarah Rav, MD, for example—known as the “Queen of StudyTok”—provides entertaining tips and hacks for students on subjects such as “The Best Way to Take Notes for Online Classes” and “The Best Music for Studying.”

2022, Brian Boxer Wachler, Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54:

Do StudyTok hacks really help?

2022 March 15, Talia Kilot, “Do StudyTok hacks really help?”, in The Concordian, volume 39, number 21, page 6:

We may have fallen down a StudyTok hole and realized that there are so many amazing ways to use these folders, from study journals to note keeping.

2022 August, bazaar staff, “Back to School with Muji: Class is in session”, in bazaar, page 94:

The community of academic and studying-oriented accounts on TikTok.


University of Spoiled Children

University of Spoiled Children (plural not attested)

(colloquial, derogatory) The University of Southern California.


AYP

Adequate Yearly Progress
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(US, education) Initialism of Adequate Yearly Progress.


January term

(US, education) A period in January where students and faculty can take part in learning and other activities outside of the formal academic terms.


word box

(education) A printed box containing a list of words to be used in filling the gaps in a passage of text, as part of a cloze exercise.


EBacc

English Baccalaureate
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(UK, education) Abbreviation of English Baccalaureate.


transnumeration

This table of prices shows no obvious pattern, but after transnumeration into a line graph, an upward trend becomes noticeable.

[…]transnumeration, a word coined by Wild and Pfannkuch to indicate a radical shift that can occur in the contextual interpretation of information when data have been transformed by tables, graphs, or some other type of representation.

2006, Gail F. Burrill, Portia C. Elliott, Thinking and reasoning with data and chance, page 79:

(mathematics, education) The transformation of numerical data in a meaningful way, for example by representing it in a table or graph.