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GLOSSARYAnti-racist educationEducation that questions and opposes anyopinions and/or actions that serve todisadvantage groups on the grounds ofperceived difference, within which there isan assumption of inferiority.Asylum seekersA person awaiting the processing of theirapplication to seek asylum, having fled asituation of persecution and/or war.CultureThe beliefs, behaviour, language, and entireway of life of a particular group of peopleat a particular time.Diagnostic testsTests that enable the teacher and the schoolto identify specific areas of learningdifficulty for a child and to use thisinformation in planning for the child’slearning.DiscriminationExercising judgement or choice.Unfair discriminationTreating an individual or groupunfavourably.Ethnic minority/ethnicityA system of defining people who considerthemselves or are considered by others assharing a set of common characteristicsthat are different from other people livingin a society.Hidden curriculumAs opposed to formal curriculum.ImmigrationThe migration of people into a country.Integrated thematic planningIntegrating various themes, interculturalthemes in the context of this document,into all of the subject areas being taught inschool.Intercultural competenceThe ability to put the values ofintercultural education into practice in ourdaily lives.Intercultural educationEducation that respects, celebrates, andrecognises the normality of diversity in allaspects of human life, promotes equalityand human rights, challenges unfairdiscrimination, and provides the valuesupon which equality is built.Migrant workersPeople who travel to other countries withthe intention of taking up employment.Multicultural educationIn the context of this document, educationthat acknowledges and celebrates thecultural diversity of contemporary society,based on an assumption that, by exposingall children to the social and culturalcustoms of ethnic minority communities,they will have a greater understanding andtolerance of people from differentbackgrounds.Newcomer studentsStudents who arrive into a classroom froma country or background that is differentfrom that of the majority of children in theclassroom.114Intercultural Education in the Post-Primary School
GLOSSARYPositive profilingA form of assessment that• explores the full range of the child’scapacities and behaviours• includes a range of different forms ofdata gathering• records what a child can do.PluralismThe celebration of difference in society,allowing all ethnic and other minoritygroups to proclaim their identities withoutcoming into conflict with the majoritypopulation.PrejudiceUnsubstantiated, unfavourable treatmentof an individual or group, which isdesigned to marginalize or disadvantagethat individual or group (often based ontheir membership of another social orethnic group but also often on sex, sexualorientation, religion, socio-economicstatus, age, and disability).RaceA word widely used to describe groups ofpeople who are thought of as biologicallyseparate, without any genetic or biologicalbasis.Racism/Racial discriminationAny distinction, exclusion, restriction, orpreference based on race, colour, descent,or national or ethnic origin, which has thepurpose or effect of nullifying or impairingthe recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, onan equal footing, of human rights andfundamental freedoms in the political,economic, social, cultural, or otherdimension of public life.Institutional racismThe application of general rules and/orpractices that do not make allowances forcultural differences, including indirectdiscrimination, a lack of proactivemeasures to prevent discrimination, a lackof professional expertise or training indealing with diversity, and a lack ofworkable facilities for consulting andlistening to minority groups.Indirect racismPractices and/or policies that do not on thesurface appear to disadvantage any groupmore than another but actually have adiscriminatory impact.Individual racismTreating another less favourably on thegrounds of their cultural origin.RefugeeA person who has fled from his/hercountry of origin often as a result ofnatural disasters, war, military occupation,or fear of religious, racial, or politicalpersecution.Standardised testsTests (predominantly in the areas ofEnglish and mathematics) that are normedacross a particular population and are usedmost regularly to determine children’sattainment in the context of the attainmentlevels of the wider population.StereotypingPresenting an image of a person, a group,or a culture based on an assumed range ofactivities, characteristics, or behaviours.Intercultural Education in the Post-Primary School 115
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