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    Cultural Awareness

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    4304/jltr.3.1.74-84 Cultural Awareness and Translation Teaching at Higher Vocational College: Problems and Solutions Xuelian He Quzhou College of Technology‚ Quzhou‚ Zhejiang‚ China Email: angelaxl@163.com Abstract—In this paper‚ an investigation has been done on culture knowledge acquisition and cultural awareness of English majors at Higher Vocational College by taking the students at Quzhou College of Technology as the subjects. The problem of lack of culture knowledge and cultural awareness has

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    college And yet he is a millionaire. I don’t plan on going to college because the job I want doesn’t require a college degree. College is not right for me. College is not important to me for many reasons. For example‚ In the article”Facing the culture shock of college” by Kathleen cushman states that first in the family students are often taken aback by social groups. It says that first generation students won’t go to college with a good mindset unlike second generation students. For Example‚ your future

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    Cultural Differences

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    Cultural Difference Latasha Newton August 27‚ 2012 Psych 535 Professor Gaston Weiser Sexual development is a natural part of life. Sex is a biological form of the male and female make up. Sexual development is considered a universally biological aspect of life. Although‚ sexual development is the foundation of human existence everyone that is biologically labeled as a male or female do not identify themselves as such. Also social encounters that an individual experience develops gender identity

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    Cultural Diversity

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    Susan Kennedy Grand Canyon University Nursing 502 September 22‚ 2010 > Cultural diversity is a concept that is of increasing importance in the delivery of quality health care. It is this cultural awareness that allows healthcare professionals to see the entire picture of the patient and thus improves quality of care and healthcare outcomes The cultural values of specific ethnic groups have a direct influence on how they perceive healthcare‚ how and when they seek healthcare and how

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    LEARNING BY EXPERIENCE

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    Project Synopsis This project involves the study of social and cultural background of Maheshwar Situated in a town in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh through this project we are expected to reflect upon the experience which we had gained by engaging in a field work in the town Maheshwar and inculcating the good aspects which we have learned so that we could cater to the need of the society which demands the managers with sociological perspective‚ change agents and societal leaders.

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    Reflection on experience

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    members that worked in operations‚ marketing‚ finance‚ and supply chain; some of us never worked in teams‚ so it was important for us to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses and address each. We agreed as a group to make the most of our experience and try to help each other in achieving our goals. There were two sets of goals that our team worked for. We‚ as a group‚ hoped not only to deliver whatever requirements were in the program’s curriculum‚ but also we aimed to grow as individuals

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    Cultural Values

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    Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine how personal‚ organizational‚ and cultural values affect decision making in my personal and professional life. My cultural‚ organizational and personal values represent my beliefs and traditions of my cultural environment. Through my research‚ I examined values and based them on how important they are within my personal‚ organizational‚ work‚ and cultural lifestyle. Based on the research‚ I came to the conclusion knowing the foundational elements

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    Cultural Determinism

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    specific change more so in relation to societal norms and operations. On the other hand‚ cultural determinism draws attention from a number of elements inclusive of technology as a means of relying how change Occurs Winston takes to define the situation as one that takes into account a number of social‚ economic and cultural elements as a means to allowing for cultural development. Both technological and cultural determinism as employed in perspective to addressing the issue of changes in mass communication

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    cultural issues

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    Plays from African American‚ Latino-American‚ Asian American and European American cultures often deal with important and relevant issues pertinent to that culture but they also connect to all cultures in a universal way. Throughout history in America people of all races have been discriminated against. Immigrants have dealt with experiencing new ways of life and struggled with the tough decision of holding on to their culture or adapting to change. A Raisin in the Sun is a play about an African

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    Cultural Competence

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    The American Academy of Family Physicians website defines cultural competence as: "A set of congruent behaviors‚ attitudes and policies that come together as a system‚ agency or among professionals and enable that system‚ agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. The word "culture" is used because it implies the integrated pattern of human thoughts‚ communications‚ actions‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ values and institutions of a racial‚ ethnic‚ religious or social group

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