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    What is multiculturalism and multi-cultural education and why are these terms at the center of such great controversy? This is a concern to me as a student training to be a future teacher here in the United States. It seems that these two topics are generating a great deal of concern among teachers and creating a “mix” in feelings on how to handle these issues in the classroom. Multiculturalism is “a social and political movement and position that holds differences between individuals as groups

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    The education system‚ as we know it‚ is failing. The system is faced with a slew of complications that could be resolved‚ but it does not appear as if change is on the horizon. Children are not being taught in a way that could help them think critically and become leaders in this world. Many people displayed their displeasure with the system and various authors‚ philosophers‚ etc. wrote articles on the situation. Bertrand Russell and John Taylor Gatto both wrote articles discussing how the system

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    functionalist views of the role of education. (20 marks) Functionalists emphasise positive aspects of schools‚ this is the idea of a ‘consensus’ perspective; where there is an agreement about what is valued within a society. These are like Emile Durkheim’s social facts or moral regulation in that they govern behaviour‚ and while they are coercive‚ they are also generally agreed upon where ‘The function of education is to transmit society’s norms and values’ . According to functionalists education performs

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    I am concerned with the lack of cultural responsiveness; “a student-centered approach to teaching in which the students’ unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student achievement and a sense of well-being about the student’s cultural place in the world” (Huffington Post‚ 2011) that is currently in curricula of schools. Being a teacher of math‚ with a growing student population of English Language Learners (ELL)‚ having a culturally inclusive or diverse curriculum to reach

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    June 20‚ 2011 Linguistic Diversity All children deserve an early childhood program or education that recognizes and respects their family‚ community‚ and linguistic diversity. In this nation‚ there are children of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. “For young children to develop and learn optimally‚ the early childhood professional must be prepared to meet their diverse developmental‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ and educational needs. Early childhood educators face the challenge of how best to

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    Time and Cultural Influence on American Education As a student I remember each morning before the start of class we would stand to the Pledge of Allegiance and open the school day with prayer. These days this is not allowed as it may be an offense to someone. But the history of education and the philosophy of Martin Luther gave the opportunity for children to learn along with theology as the basis for their education so they may read the Bible. Another experience as a child was correction for misbehavior

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    A Cultural Comparison of Higher Education in Russia and the United States of America Intercultural Communications August 19th‚ 2014 “Inculcation is the gradual coming to know something through mundane processes of training and learning” (Chetro-Szivos‚ J. Lecture 1). Through inculcation we acquire a set of dispositions that mold the body and eventually become second nature to the actor. Paralleling this concept with education systems

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    John Locke had a number of major influences on society in general‚ but his influences on education have stood the taste of time. His idea of Tabula Rasa‚ his introduction of empiricism‚ and idea of the use of all senses are all objectives that are used in schools today. The idea of Tabula Rasa is basically defined as a "blank slate." Locke believed that everyone is born with a clean mind‚ a supposed condition that he attributed to the human mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the

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    CHAPTER FOUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN PERCEPTION: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF REALITY UNDERSTANDING PERCEPTION The physical mechanism of perception is pretty much the same in all people: sensory organs such as the eyes‚ ears‚ and nose permit us to sense our environment‚ and the sensations received by them are routed to our brains‚ where they are interpreted and accorded meaning in a two-stage sequence. The first stage is recognition or identification‚ in which a configuration of light or sound waves

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    Different cultures across the world have developed various views on homosexuality. Most cultural perspectives developed from religious or humanitarian sources. Living in 21st Century America‚ I have personally witnessed some of the strides and struggles of GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender) youth. In the United States there exist laws that both promote sexual diversity and laws that restrict the complete rights of such individuals. On a more cultural than legal level‚ tolerance for this group of people

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