Words Make a Difference:�Essential Glossary for Increasing Postsecondary Student Success�David Arendale, Univ. of Minnesota��
https://www.arendale.org/2022-crla
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Session Purpose
Glossaries are dynamic expressions of language. Learning assistance has changed dramatically. So must language describing those changes. The third edition of the glossary includes new categories. We must know the language of our profession or others will define and demean our work.
Agenda
A New Title for the 3rd Edition
Essential Glossary for Increasing Postsecondary Student Success: Administrators, Faculty, Staff, and Policymakers, 3rd ed.
Glossary Purpose
Language is not static. It flows like a river in response to the river bank and the rocks that border and run beneath it. In the same way, glossaries are dynamic expressions of current language usage. Developmental education and learning assistance have changed dramatically in recent years. So must also the language used to describe and define them.
It is critical that practitioners in the field reclaim the language usage and their meanings from outsiders such as politicians and the general public who too often seek to define and demean our work for increasing postsecondary school success. In recognition of the expanded scope of this glossary and broader utility for other members involved with postsecondary education, the glossary title has become more inclusive
The Glossary Ecosystem
General Collection
Transition
Antiracism and Racism
Assess
Copyright
Less Acceptable Terms
Pedagogy Teaching Learning
Program Manger
Student to Student
Process to Build the 3rd Edition
How Much Changed with the 3rd?
The relative need and usefulness of learning assistance for an individual student depend on the overall academic rigor of the institution, the subject matter studied, or even how one faculty member teaches a particular course compared with another from the same department. Therefore, the same individual could be a major consumer of learning assistance at one institution and not at another or even in one academic department and not another in the same institution. The need for learning assistance services is not a characteristic or universal defining attribute of the student; it depends on the conditions and expectations of the specific learning environment for a particular course. All college students are on a continuum between novice and master learner. Learning assistance serves students located along this continuum through a wide range of activities and services. The same student is often located at different places on multiple continuum lines simultaneously, one for each academic context and skill area. (Arendale, 2010, p. 2)
Small Group Discussion
At your campus, what is the most misunderstood term that is used to describes your work?
Small Group Discussion
At your campus, what rerplacement term is used to describe what previously was called developmental education?
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What is your reaction to words less acceptable for use?
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Summary thoughts�and resources
Words make a difference. We see evidence daily of how words are used and misused in personal conversations and national debates. Words are used in policy statements, legislation, radio and television broadcasts, debates, personal conversations, and social media posts. Too often words are misused since their definitions and applications are seldom studied and raw emotion bends the meaning to fit personal objectives. This glossary has nearly doubled in size in recognition of the important words and definitions related to student success. It seeks to create common ground for productive discussions at education institutions, policy centers, state capitols, and the halls of Congress. We trust that in some small way we are contributing to a deeper understanding of the words and issues that confront education and the future destinies of our students.
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