# Education & Training Expert

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- CEFR: C2 (Proficient)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 22
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Expert education vocabulary for adult learning and training design, including andragogy, psychometrics, reskilling and the microlearning and flipped classroom…

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## Word list

* **andragogy**: The theory and methods of teaching adult learners, as distinct from children. — “The trainer designed the course around principles of **andragogy**.”
* **psychometrics**: The science of measuring mental abilities and traits, often used to design and score tests fairly. — “The exam board used **psychometrics** to check the test was fair.”
* **reskilling**: Training workers in new skills so they can move into a different type of job. — “The factory offered **reskilling** to staff whose roles were automated.”
* **microlearning**: Teaching delivered in very short, focused sessions, often just a few minutes long. — “The app delivers **microlearning** lessons during a coffee break.”
* **self-paced learning**: A course structure that lets each student move through the material at their own speed. — “**Self-paced learning** let her finish the course in half the usual time.”
* **credentialing**: The process of officially certifying that someone has met a required standard of skill or knowledge. — “The new **credentialing** system replaced the old paper certificates.”
* **competency-based**: Describes education or training that measures progress by mastered skills, rather than time spent studying. — “The programme is **competency-based**, so students advance once they've proven a skill.”
* **upskilling**: Teaching employees new skills to help them do their current job better. — “The firm invested in **upskilling** so staff could use the new systems.”
* **microcredential**: A small, focused qualification that proves one specific skill. — “She earned a **microcredential** in data analysis over one weekend course.”
* **flipped classroom**: A teaching method where students study material at home and practise it in class. — “In a **flipped classroom**, homework is watching a video, and class time is for questions.”
* **desirable difficulty**: A challenge that makes learning harder now and better later. — “**Desirable difficulty** is why the popular lesson often teaches least.”
* **illusion of fluency**: Mistaking ease of reading for actually having learned something. — “The **illusion of fluency** is what makes highlighting feel productive.”
* **transfer of learning**: Applying something learned in one context to a different one. — “**Transfer of learning** is the thing training almost never measures.”
* **formative feedback**: Comment given during learning to improve the next attempt. — “**Formative feedback** given three weeks late is just a grade.”
* **criterion referencing**: Judging work against a fixed standard rather than against others. — “**Criterion referencing** means everyone can pass, which alarms some people.”
* **expertise reversal effect**: Support that helps beginners but hinders people who already know. — “The **expertise reversal effect** explains why the experienced hated the course.”
* **worked example effect**: Beginners learning more from studying solutions than solving problems. — “The **worked example effect** was ignored and the failure rate showed it.”
* **dual coding**: Presenting the same idea in words and in pictures together. — “**Dual coding** did more for those diagrams than any redesign.”
* **summative moderation**: Checking final marks across markers before results are issued. — “**Summative moderation** moved eleven grades and confirmed four hundred.”
* **validity** /vəˈlɪdəti/: Whether an assessment actually measures what it claims to. — “**Validity** was never questioned because the marking was so consistent.”
* **reliability** /riˌlaɪəˈbɪləti/: Whether an assessment gives the same result on repeat. — “High **reliability** and low validity is the most dangerous combination.”
* **washback**: The effect an examination has on how teaching is done. — “Negative **washback** turned the whole year into exam practice.”

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