Christelle Pierre Essay on Cultural backgrounds and sports I have found most people who are African/American prefer track and football. Where people who are Hispanic‚ prefer sports such as soccer and handball. My research also shows that most Asians would prefer cricket and gymnastics. The person I interviewed for the African/American culture was Zaccheaus Taylor; he is 17 and very active. Taylor plays football for his school and he takes the sport very seriously. He plays basketball on his
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Nostrant Multicultural Counseling Cultural Identity Analysis SUNY Fredonia My name is Emily Nostrant and I am a Caucasian female who belongs to the middle class with a herniated disc. I never really thought of my identity as more than just my race and gender. I never put that much thought into it and just assumed that my identity was what you and others physically see. Now I see that there is so much more to my personal identity. There is more to me than what people can outwardly see. I never
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majority of the conflicts occur due to the different perspective of race‚ religion‚ and culture. In the novel‚ Mr. Dodge denies Junior’s knowledge about Petrified Wood because Junior was an “Indian” from the Reservation. To eagerly be correct‚ Mr. Dodge sarcastically mentions how "there’s so much amazing science on the reservation” (Alexie 85). By using a mixture of sarcastic tone and a rhetorical question‚ Alexie shows Mr. Dodge’s perspective on people from the Reservation (Indians) and how they are
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State of the Profession Multi-Cultural Issues in Mental Health Counseling November 18‚ 2013 Examing the Current State of the Profession “Multicultural counseling/therapy means understanding the worldviews and life experiences of diverse groups in our nation” (Sue‚ 2013‚ p.89). Understanding people’s attitudes and past experiences shape who they are as individuals. The true beauty of our society is the ability to encounter all walks of life and learn from each other‚ rather than fear one
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Cultural Competence in Counseling Latinos Cultural Competence in Counseling Latinos A counselor must understand how one’s own cultural differences and worldviews impact the counseling relationship. This paper will examine how I am culturally different from my client and how I would demonstrate cultural competence. Furthermore‚ I will describe how I can improve my cultural competence with the client. Clients Background Information My client‚ Alberto‚ is a 47-year-old Mexican American who
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of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from unconfident of himself to a brave person. Stanley at the beginning of the novel is that he was not confident in himself.Before Staley came he wasn’t confident in himself but when Stanley came to camp he started to fit in with the other boys at camp.Stanley was not sure if he could trust the boys at camp because all the boys at his school would pick on him (10).When Stanley was walking home a pair of sneaker” fell from the sky” he told the judge the truth
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the reason why there are differences and similarities among the world’s peoples. According to Professor Kluckhohn‚ it’s because of culture. People who live in the same culture share many things in common and different cultures shape different characteristics of people. I share the same point of view with him‚ based on my own experience and observation. In my opinion‚ different values in different cultures make people different. In many cases‚ TV drama reflects most of the values which the country
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Cultural Bias in Assessment and Counseling Psychological assessments and testing tools are an important asset to counselors in order to help counselors have a deeper understanding of client issues. However‚ there are many issues that come about with certain tests and minorities like African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Asian Americans‚ etc. Some of the issues with testing and assessment techniques today are cognitive‚ educational‚ cultural‚ and social biases. I believe what needs to be addressed in regards
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL * AUGUST 12‚ 2009 How do I approach my role in teaching students with very different cultural backgrounds? Dr. Darla K. Deardorff d.deardorff@duke.edu INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE MODEL From “The Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence as a Student Outcome of Internationalization at Institutions of Higher Education in the United States” by Dr. Darla K. Deardorff in Journal of Studies in International Education‚ Fall 2006‚ 10‚ p. 241-266
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Formative assessment 1. People Learn in Different Ways. According to Cobb at the web site missiontolearn.com‚ “Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge‚ skills‚ behaviours‚ and attitudes”. This definition of learning is important to me as it gives a practical meaning to a word that is widely used and misused today. As a teacher working in a learning environment it is this practical nature of learning that drives the majority of what I do and say
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