educationese
Pedagogical buzzword speak
Educationese is jargon used by educators, administrators, and policy makers—often criticized as obscure or pretentious: The memo was full of educationese about "leveraging stakeholder engagement" and "differentiated learning outcomes".
Like legalese or bureaucratese, the term is usually dismissive, implying that plain language would serve better.
Art of instruction
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- rubricEvaluation criteria set
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
curriculum · learning objectives · benchmarks · competencies · stakeholders · best practices · holistic · student-centered
Trendy technical jargon
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- obfuscationDeliberate concealment through confusion
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
- bureaucrateseWordy governmental language
pretentious · verbose · inflated · meaningless · impenetrable · pompous · overwrought · convoluted
Self-started new efforts
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- stakeholder engagementInvolving parties with vested interests
- action planOutlined steps forward
- strategic visionLong-term directional plan
systemic change · evidence-based · data-driven · intervention · professional development · continuous improvement · scalable · sustainability
pedagogy
Art of instruction
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- rubricEvaluation criteria set
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
differentiation · curriculum · learning objectives · benchmarks · competencies · stakeholders · best practices · holistic · student-centered · metacognition
buzzwords
Trendy technical jargon
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- obfuscationDeliberate concealment through confusion
- doublespeakDeliberately misleading language
bureaucratese · pretentious · verbose · inflated · meaningless · impenetrable · pompous · overwrought · convoluted · opaque
initiatives
Self-started new efforts
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- stakeholder engagementInvolving parties with vested interests
- action planOutlined steps forward
strategic vision · systemic change · evidence-based · data-driven · intervention · professional development · continuous improvement · scalable · sustainability · innovation
educationeseplain speech
Unembellished verbal expression
plain English · plain language · clear writing · direct speech · layman's terms
educationesevernacular
Everyday regional speech
colloquial speech · everyday speech · common speech · informal language · conversational English
education, educate, educated, educator, educational, educating, educators, educative, reeducation