The issue I have selected to examine from both positions of both the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association is Diversity and also Human and Civil Rights within the classroom. At the National Education Association‚ they understand “that education advocacy and social justice advocacy go hand in hand.” Because there is a great increase in incredibly diverse classrooms‚ they are working towards equal opportunity and social justice for all students and staff. They even
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history‚ and language. We are diverse. We are different. Diversity is defined in my own words as being different or having a variety. Diversity is a beautiful thing that everyone should embrace or take into account. We humans have accustomed different ideas from each other by being diverse. We learn and judge from these differences. I am willing to embrace as much diversity as I can. I think of it as something positive and a benefit to all. Diversity means difference and to me‚ and difference is fascinating
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Diversity Management Plan The importance of a diversity management plan is to show the public‚ employees and stakeholders that they have committed their company to follow a plan that will allow them to manage the diversity within the company. Employees want to work for a company that recognized and respects them as being different and contributing to the workplace diversity. The public wants to support a company that has a program in place‚ where they know that the staff are being treated equally
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Faculty Diversity in Community Colleges Pam Dooly AET/510 April 22‚ 2013 Deborah Hornsby Faculty Diversity in Community Colleges In this paper I will discuss the importance of having a more diverse faculty in community colleges. It will be discuss how having more ethnic people among these schools would help in better enrollment as well as more graduates of an ethnic background. I will also discuss how community colleges have a large number of students come from ethnic backgrounds. I will
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with First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit people. Some Aboriginal people identify more closely with their nation or linguistic group designation‚ e.g. Ojibwe‚ while others prefer the use of their specific community. It is important to be aware of this diversity and it is a best practice to refer to First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit people with the term that most closely identifies with their ancestors and how they wish to be identified.
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American Diversity So what exactly is "diversity"? Well‚ in short‚ it means differences among people‚ it makes each and every one of us unique. Over the years‚ Americans’ freedom has been tied to religious and ethnic affiliations that privileged certain people over others. In the past‚ Americans have allowed freedom for some and slavery for others. In all‚ American diversity has been a common theme throughout U.S. history through the roles of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ and religion. Ethnicity and
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also understand ways communication can be harmed. There are various ways in which communication can be influenced whether it is beneficial or detrimental. Specifically‚ immigration and cultural diversity are two of the harmful things that cause negative effects on communication. Immigration and cultural diversity in the US often lead to several different conflicts for communication between Americans and immigrants independently‚ Americans and immigrants dependently‚ and also between different cultures
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paradigm for managing diversity‚ written by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely‚ demonstrates the various types of diversity management‚ the ways in which they work‚ and how they can possibly have an adverse affect on companies. As stated in this article: Our goal is to help business leaders see what their own approach to diversity currently is and how it may already have influenced their companies’ diversity efforts. Managers can learn to asses whether they need to change their diversity initiatives and
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Doll Diversity People have demanded for more diversity within dolls‚ for good reason. They wanted kids playing with diverse dolls to learn that not everybody is the same‚ but similar. When companies eventually followed the people’s feedback‚ there were way more options and kids did learn about diversity. First of all‚ not all races had dolls (in this case‚ Muslim). A hijab is a Muslim clothing for women. In the (Pittsburgh idea section 2) it says‚ “When the doll needed a hijab...could not find
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My interviewee‚ R.M ethnicity is Filipino and Chinese. Both of her parents are Filipino and Chinese. There are some differences of the way she follows her culture and how her parents follow their culture. She is 21 years of age and was born in the United States‚ but her parents were born in the Philippines. When growing up she went to a Presbyterian church because that is the religion her parents. Today as an adult‚ she chose to be non-denominational because she feels that Presbyterian religion was
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