- A
- a posteriori
- a priori
- academy
- accelerated learning
- access course
- accommodation
- accountability
- accreditation
- acculturation
- achievement
- action plan
- action research
- active learning
- adaptation
- adhocracy
- administration
- adolescence
- adult education
- advance organiser
- affective
- affirmative action
- agency
- aggregation
- aims
- alienation
- alignment
- alternative education
- alumni (pl.) / alumnus (sing.)
- analogy
- analysis
- analytic phonics
- analytic/synthetic
- andragogy
- anomaly
- anomie
- anthroposophy
- anti-social
- antithesis
- aphasia
- aporia (noun) / aporetic (adj.)
- applied research
- appraisal
- apprenticeship
- aptitude
- arts
- asocial
- Asperger's syndrome
- assertive discipline
- assessment
- assignment
- assimilation
- assumptions
- at risk
- atomistic
- attainment
- attainment gap
- attendance
- attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- attitude
- attrition
- audit
- aural
- authentic
- authoritarian
- authority
- autism
- autodidact
- automaticity
- autonomy
- axiom
- B
- backwash
- bad faith
- badges
- balance
- banding
- bank
- banking model
- baseline assessment
- basics
- begging the question
- behaviour management
- behaviour modification
- behaviourism
- bell-shaped curve
- benchmark
- bias
- Big Brother
- bilateral school
- bildung
- bilingualism
- blended learning
- Bloom's taxonomy
- boarding school
- borderline
- bourgeois
- brainstorming
- breadth
- bright
- buddy
- bullying
- bureaucracy
- burgh schools
- buzz session
- C
- campus
- canon
- capability
- capacity
- capitalism
- capitation
- care ethics
- carousel
- cascading
- case study
- catchment area
- category mistake
- central institutions
- centralisation
- chaining
- charity school
- child
- child abuse
- child development
- child guidance
- child protection
- child-centred
- choice
- circular
- citizenship
- civil service
- civil society
- class
- class contact
- class teaching
- classical conditioning
- classroom management
- climate
- closed question
- cloze procedure
- co-curriculum
- co-education
- coaching
- cognitive
- cognitive constructivism
- cognitive development
- cognitive dissonance
- coherence
- collaboration
- collaborative learning
- colloquium
- commercialisation
- commodification
- common curriculum
- common sense
- communism
- communitarianism
- communities of practice
- community
- community education
- community of inquiry
- community school
- compacting
- comparative education
- competence
- competences
- competency-based
- competition
- composite class
- comprehensive schooling
- conative
- concept
- concept maps
- conceptual analysis
- concrete
- concrete operational
- conditional
- conditioning
- conductive education
- conflict of interest
- congruent teaching
- consensus theory
- consequentialism
- conservatism
- consistency
- consortium
- constructivism
- consumerism
- contingent
- contingent teaching
- continuing professional development (CPD)
- continuous assessment
- contracting-out
- contractualism
- control
- control group
- convergent
- cooperative learning
- cooperative teaching
- core
- core knowledge
- corporal punishment
- corporatism
- correlation
- correspondence course
- correspondence theory
- counselling
- counter-intuitive
- coursework
- cramming
- crash course
- creaming
- creationism
- creativity
- credentialism
- crisis management
- criterion-referencing
- critical consciousness
- critical friend
- critical incident
- critical pedagogy
- critical realism
- critical theory
- critique
- cross disciplinary
- cross reference
- cross-curricular
- cultural capital
- culture
- curriculum
- customisation
- cut-off point
- cyber pedagogy
- cynicism
- D
- data
- day release
- decentralised
- decluttering
- deconstruction
- deduction
- deep learning
- deficit model
- delegation
- democracy
- democratic teaching
- demographics
- denominational school
- deontology
- deprivation
- depth
- derived score
- deschooling
- detention
- determinism
- development
- development plan
- devolved
- diachronic
- diagnostic assessment
- dialectic
- dialectical materialism
- dialogic
- didactic
- differentiation
- direct grant schools
- direct teaching
- disability
- disadvantage
- disaffection
- discipline
- disciplines of knowledge
- discourse
- discourse capture
- discovery learning
- discrete
- discrimination
- discussion
- disequilibrium
- disposition
- disruption
- dissemination
- distance learning
- divergent
- diversity
- dogmatic
- domain
- double-loop learning
- Down's syndrome
- drill
- driver
- dualism
- duty of care
- dynamic testing
- dyscalculia
- dyslexia
- dyspraxia
- E
- e-learning
- e-tivity
- early education
- early intervention
- early years
- ecological validity
- economic rationalism
- ecopedagogy
- educational psychology
- educational technology
- elaborated code
- elementary schools
- emotional and behavioural difficulties
- emotional intelligence
- enactive, iconic, and symbolic modes
- endowed school
- Enlightenment
- enquiry learning
- equal opportunities
- equality
- ethnic minority
- etiology
- evidence-based
- experiential education
- experiential learning
- expressive learning
- extra-mural
- extracurricular
- F
- facilitate
- factor
- facts
- faculty
- faith school
- false consciousness
- falsification
- fatalism
- feasibility study
- feedback
- feeder school
- fees
- feminism
- fieldwork
- finishing school
- flashcard
- flexi-schooling
- flexible learning
- flipped classroom
- flow
- folio
- formal curriculum
- formal operational
- formative assessment
- forms of knowledge
- foster care
- foundation school
- foundationalism
- free school
- free will
- freedom
- fresh start
- full service model
- functionalism
- further education
- G
- gender
- generalisability
- generative topics
- genetic epistemology
- gestalt
- gifted
- global
- globalisation
- goal
- governance
- governmentality
- governors
- grade
- grade inflation
- grade point average
- grade retention
- grade-related criteria
- grading on the curve
- grammar school
- grant-aided
- grant-maintained
- grants
- graphicacy
- grounded theory
- groupthink
- groupwork
- growth
- guidance
- H
- halo effect
- Hawthorne effect
- hegemony
- hermeneutic
- heuristic
- heutagogy
- hidden curriculum
- hierarchy
- high school
- high stakes assessment
- higher education
- higher order thinking
- holistic
- home schooling/education
- horizontal
- horizontal learning
- horseshoe
- hot knowledge
- hothousing
- human capital (theory)
- human resources
- humanism
- humanities
- hyperactivity
- hypothesis
- hypothetical
- vertical learning
- I
- id
- idealism
- ideology
- idiot savant
- imaginary
- immersion
- immersive learning
- impact
- imperative
- implicit
- improvement
- in loco parentis
- in-service training
- inclusion
- independent school
- individualised learning
- individualism
- indoctrination
- induction
- infant school
- inference
- informal curriculum
- informal education
- information processing
- information technology
- informed consent
- initial teacher education
- innate
- inspection
- inspectorate
- instruction
- instructional rounds
- instructivism
- instrumental learning
- instrumentalism
- integrated education
- integration
- integrative
- intellect
- intelligence
- intelligence quotient (IQ)
- intelligent design
- interactive teaching
- interagency
- interdisciplinary
- interests
- intergenerational mobility
- interleaving
- interpersonal
- intervention
- intrinsic value
- introversion-extraversion
- invigilator
- ipsative
- iterative
- J
- K
- L
- labelling
- lad o' pairts
- laïcité
- laissez-faire
- latch-key child
- lateral thinking
- lay inspector
- leadership
- leadership class
- league tables
- learned helplessness
- learning
- learning analytics
- learning cell
- learning commons
- learning community
- learning curve
- learning difficulty
- learning needs
- learning outcomes
- learning partner
- learning society
- learning style
- learning support
- learning walk
- leaving age
- left wing
- liberal education
- liberal studies
- liberalism
- libertarianism
- liberty
- lifelong learning
- Likert scale
- liminality
- linguistic codes
- literacy
- literature search
- local (education) authorities
- locus of control
- logical positivism
- longitudinal study
- lower order questioning
- M
- macro/meso/micro
- magnet school
- maieutic
- mainstreaming
- maintained
- management
- managerialism
- marginalised
- marketisation
- marking
- marxism
- mastery learning
- matching
- materialism
- maturation
- mean
- mechanistic
- median
- memory
- mental age
- mentor
- meritocracy
- meta-analysis
- metacognition
- metaphysics
- methodology
- methods
- micro teaching
- middle class
- middle school
- minority ethnic
- mission statement
- mixed ability
- mnemonic
- modelling
- moderation
- modernity
- module
- monitoring
- monologic
- Montessori method
- mooc
- morality
- motivation
- multicultural
- multilateral school
- multiple choice test
- multiple intelligences
- N
- nationalism
- natural selection
- naturalism
- nature
- nature-nurture controversy
- necessary condition
- necessary truth
- needs
- needs hierarchy
- negative liberty
- neoconservatism
- neoliberalism
- networking
- new managerialism
- new right
- nihilism
- noetic
- nominalism
- nomothetic
- non sequitur
- non-cognitivism
- non-contact
- non-parametric
- non-verbal
- norm-referenced
- normal distribution
- normalisation
- normative
- numeracy
- numerical equality
- nursery education
- nurture
- O
- obedience
- objective test
- objectives
- objectivism
- objectivity
- obligation
- off-rolling
- off-task
- old boy network
- old school tie
- omnibus school
- on-task
- ontology
- open education
- open learning
- open plan
- open question
- open-ended
- operant conditioning
- operation
- opportunity costs
- opting out
- options
- oracy
- oral
- outdoor education
- outstation learning
- overlearn
- P
- pace
- paired reading
- paracurriculum
- paradigm
- paradigm shift
- paradox
- parametric
- parents
- parish schools
- parrhesia
- partnership
- passive learning
- pastoral
- path dependence
- pedagogy
- peer assessment
- peer pressure
- per capita
- perennialism
- performance
- performance indicators
- performance-related
- performativity
- peripatetic
- personal construct
- personality
- Peter principle
- phenomenology
- philosophy
- phonics
- pilot study
- plagiarism
- planning
- plasticity
- play
- playgroups
- pluralism
- policy
- policy community
- policy enactment
- policy ownership
- policy refraction
- political correctness
- politics
- polytechnic
- pop-up classroom
- positive discrimination
- positive liberty
- positivism
- postmodernism
- postpositivism
- poststructuralism
- potential
- power
- practice
- pragmatism
- praise
- praxis
- prediction
- prejudice
- premise
- preoperational
- prescriptive
- prescriptivism
- pressure group
- primacy-recency
- primary school
- primary source/data
- prior learning
- private schools
- private sector
- privatisation
- privilege
- probability
- probation
- problem-based learning
- problem-posing
- problem-solving
- problematic
- profession
- professional development
- professionalism
- profiling
- programme
- progression
- progressivism
- project
- promotion
- propaedeutic
- proportional equality
- proximal praise
- psychagogy
- psychoanalysis
- psychology
- psychometry
- psychomotor
- public pedagogy
- public school
- public sector
- pupil
- pupil-teacher ratio
- pure research
- Pygmalion effect
- Q
- R
- race
- racism
- radical education
- randomised control trial
- rationale
- rationalism
- rationality
- raw score
- reactionary
- readiness
- realism
- realpolitik
- recidivism
- reciprocal reading
- record keeping
- reductionism
- reflection
- reflective practice
- reflective practitioner
- reflexivity
- reform
- regression
- rehearsal
- reification
- reinforcement
- relationship
- relativism
- relevance
- reliability
- remedial
- remediation
- replication
- reporting
- research
- residential
- resilience
- resources
- responsive planning
- restorative practice
- restricted code
- revisionism
- rewards
- rhetoric
- rhizomatic learning
- right wing
- rights
- rigour
- risk management
- rote learning
- rules
- S
- sabbatical
- sanctions
- scaffolding
- scepticism
- schema
- schemes of work
- school
- school choice
- school composition
- school effectiveness
- school phobia
- schooling
- scientific
- screening
- seamless learning
- secondary education
- secondary source/data
- secondment
- sectarianism
- sector
- secular
- segregation
- selection
- selective schools
- self-concept
- self-efficacy
- self-esteem
- self-evaluation
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- self-governing
- self-interest
- self-managed
- semantic
- seminal
- sensori-motor
- sequencing
- setting
- sexism
- single-loop learning
- single-sex education
- situated learning
- situationism
- skill
- slippage
- slow education
- social background
- social capital
- social class
- social construct(ion)
- social constructivism
- social contract
- social control
- social Darwinism
- social democracy
- social engineering
- social imaginary
- social inclusion
- social justice
- social loafing
- social mobility
- social pedagogy
- social reconstructionism
- social science
- social welfare
- social work
- socialisation
- socialism
- socially constructed
- society
- sociobiology
- socioeconomic status
- sociolinguistics
- sociology
- solutions-oriented
- special education
- special needs
- special schools
- specialist schools
- spin
- spiral curriculum
- spoc
- staff development
- standard deviation
- standards
- state
- statistics
- Steiner schools
- stereotype
- stimulus-response
- strategic learning
- streaming
- stress
- structuralism
- students
- subject-centred
- subjectivism
- subjectivity
- subjects
- sufficient condition
- summative assessment
- summer school
- superego
- surface learning
- sustainable
- SWOT analysis
- syllabus
- syllogism
- symbolic interactionism
- synchronic
- syndicate
- syndrome
- synergy
- synthesis
- synthetic
- synthetic phonics
- systematic review
- systemic
- T
- tabula rasa
- talented
- target
- task
- taxonomy
- teacher
- teacher education
- teacher training
- teaching
- team
- team teaching
- team-building
- technical education
- technical rationalism
- technicism
- technocracy
- technoheutagogy
- teleology
- tertiary education
- testing
- theme
- theory
- thesis
- think tank
- three Rs
- threshold concept
- tiered assignments
- tiger-parenting
- time management
- timetable
- toddlers
- tokenism
- top-down
- topic
- total curriculum
- totalitarianism
- trace decay
- tracking
- trade union
- traditionalism
- training
- transcendental
- transcendentalism
- transference
- transition
- transmission
- transnational education
- triangulation
- trivium
- truancy
- truth
- Type I and Type II errors
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z