Mahesh Verma Mr. Vick DRE 098 June 27‚ 2013 Body paragraph 4 Pros and cons of diversity Pros to diversity People from various backgrounds and cultures don’t think or work alike‚ thus it encourages more outside-the-box thinking that leads to new inventions and discoveries. It provides stimuli for thought as other cultures present new experiences‚ new fashions‚ different cuisine and linguistic accents which is all the good part. Everything we see around us has been influenced in some way by
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Assignment- What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Have you learned something new about your own racial‚ ethnic‚ or cultural history? Trends in immigration will continue to shape the demographics of the United States. What will the U.S. population look like in the year 2050? Why do you think so? What challenges does the United States face due to the diversity of its people? What are the benefits
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DIVERSITY WITHIN UNITY Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society Ja m e s A . B a n k s Peter Cookson G e n e va G ay Wi l l i s D. H aw l e y Jac q u e l i n e Jo r da n I rv i n e Sonia Nieto J a n e t Wa r d S c h o f i e l d Wa lt e r G . S t e p h a n Center for Multicultural Education‚ College of Education University of Washington‚ Seattle Copyright © 2001 by Center for Multicultural Education‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle All rights reserved
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People of different cultures‚ including immigrants of today seem to differ from past generations in that they seek to retain many of their cultural values and are less interested in becoming homogenized within the U.S. culture. This distinctness can create a potentially complex situation for both the client and therapist who may differ substantially in their own cultural values. For successful therapy to take place‚ it is important for therapists to be culturally sensitive of clients and avoid stereotyping
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The influences of cross cultural training on the organisation and staffs Cross-cultural efficiency is very fundamental in international organisations and even in domestic organizations that have suppliers‚ customers and partners in other countries. We need to firm understanding of it into everything we do‚ when working across cultures becomes our normal way of working. Therefore‚ cross cultural training becomes an important part of training employees because organisations want to push their performance
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Definition of Community: (Sarason) “a readily available‚ mutually supportive networkd of relationships on which one could depend Definition of Psychological Sense of Community (Sarason) perception of similarity to others acknowledge interdependence with other… Types of Community: 1. Locality-Based Community * Includes city blocks‚ neighbors‚ small towns… * Interpersonal ties based on geographic proximity exist between members * Individuals identify themselves by their locality
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The word "race" as I see used in everyday life‚ particularly in the media‚ refers to a way of categorizing people based on similar physical characteristics. It also refers to the culture or identity of a people. By merely knowing one’s race‚ people can affix several meanings to that person’s background. Race seems to be a very crucial part of the formation of ones identity. There is also more of a tendency to describe culture in terms of race. For example‚ there is a "Black culture" or "Latino culture"
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or disagree‚ there are many cultural influences that affect today’s gender roles. We are at a point culturally were traditional definitions are often a moot point‚ in my home and the homes of my children traditional roles are followed‚ but in many homes today that is not the case‚ cultural influences have often taken over for traditional values what may have been the standard once is no longer. Include the roles of biological factors‚ nature and environmental influences‚ nurture on sexual differentiation
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3. How might factors such as diversity‚ attitude‚ learning‚ and work styles affect team building? Team building is based on many factors and diversities arise from many different factors. We have language barriers to get past‚ hard time with dialect‚ or trying to speak an unfamiliar language. It could also be from attitude‚ perhaps someone could have a bad attitude. Maybe the attitude was brought in from outside then again it could have been personal with someone or stress from the formation of
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constructive energy that are required to sustain human societies. These negative processes and forces have perpetuated our alienation from the basic material roots of our existence‚ the natural world of which we are a part. The use of the phrase unity in diversity and similar concepts is not a new phenomenon. Its roots reach back hundreds of years in non-western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in 400-500B.C. In premodern Western culture it has been implicit in the
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