Lektorat 2 sem

fabrication

Creating or manipulating data that did not actually occur

p-hacking

Selectively analysing results until statistical significance appears

beneficience

The ethical principle of doing good and preventing harm

justice

Ensuring that research participants are not exploited and benefits are fairly distributed

peer review

a formal process in which experts in the same field evaluate a piece of research, article, or project to assess its quality, validity, and originality before publication or acceptance

refract

to bend or alter the direction of something, especially light, sound, or an idea, as it passes through a medium or is interpreted through a particular perspective

exacerbate

to make a problem, situation, or negative condition worse, especially by intensifying its harmful effects

misconduct

Improper, unethical, or illegal behaviour, particularly in a professional, academic, or institutional context

bias

A systematic error or prejudice in judgment or data

dissent

A strong difference of opinion on a particular subject

black box

Often, even the creators of an algorithm cannot fully explain how it reached a specific decision due to its complexity (especially with Machine Learning)

echo chamber

An environment where someone only hears opinions and information that reinforce what he already believes

data harvesting

The large-scale collection of one's personal information from his online activity

big data

The massive amounts of information collected about our online behaviour

mimetic

imitative

scapegoat

a person who is blamed for the mistakes of others

model/mediator

a person or thing that is copied

sapience

The capacity for wisdom, self-awareness, and complex reasoning

agency

The ability to take action or to choose what action to take

qualia

The individual instances of subjective, conscious experience (e.g., the redness of red, the pain of a headache)

panpsychism

The view that consciousness, or mind, is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the universe, present in all things

dualism

The theory that the mind and body are two distinct kinds of substances

reductionism

Explaining a complex phenomenon in terms of simpler, more fundamental ones (e.g., reducing love to chemical reactions)

volatility

instability; liable to rapid change

destitution

extreme poverty

precipitous

very sudden, steep, or dramatic

redundant

no longer employed because a job is unnecessary

precarious

not securely held; dangerously uncertain

entrenched

firmly established and difficult to change

discourse

The way language/images construct meaning

intertextuality

References to other texts/images

affect

Emotional response

brain drain

When highly educated people leave their country for better opportunities abroad

curriculum

A set of subjects and learning goals in education

sustainable development

Development that meets present needs without harming future generations

equity

Fairness and inclusion in access to opportunities

standardized testing

Exams given in the same format to compare students across regions

neocolonial curricula

Marginalization of indigenous cultures

PISA pressure

Stress and teaching to the test

bain drain

Shortage of skilled professionals in poorer countries

global standardized testing

Simplification of education into measurable outcomes

restitution

the return of objects that were stolen or lost

intransigent

unwilling to change (one's views)

hence

that is the reason or explanation for

trustee

a person, often one of a group, who controls the money for an organisation

framework

a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that are used to plan or decide something

palatable

acceptable