Regardless of the approach teachers take when dealing with a multicultural class‚ the truth is culture does matter. It’s not just about language‚ but about lived experiences‚ background knowledge‚ and linking them to current curriculum in the classroom. This allows discovering many different perspectives within different cultures indicating that there are many acceptable views and examples. In the article “Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective‚” by Rey Gomez‚ stereotypes often are developed
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Self-Assessment on Multicultural Awareness I completed the Multicultural Self-Assessment and learned that their must another me. Based on my answers that I completed for each section‚ I had 22 number twos’ and 19 number threes’. I am constantly aware that I can always improve on being more conscious and sensitive to the many different cultures around me. My family immigrated to the United States when I was very young. Even at my young age‚ I can remember my first reactions to the new people and
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Article : Multicultural Competence by Paul Kivel Cultural competence is to understand another culture well enough to be able to communicate and work with them. This article talks about cultural competency and how it is important to have cultural competence to be able to help people of minority groups and become allies with them. Learning to be open and sensitive to other cultural expression takes lot of time. In addition‚ for those who are able culturally competence in their own culture along with
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Values and the Helping Relationship Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity Issues The difference between values and morals are not always clear. Certain values are universal‚ but this does not mean that they are absolute. For example‚ killing may be permitted in certain circumstances to execute a criminal‚ in war‚ or to preserve one’s life. But in each case‚ it is recognized as an exception to be justified in terms of value taking precedence. The ethical dilemma raises the question whether
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Issues in Multicultural Education Issues in Multicultural Education Laura Houser Grand Canyon University EDU 230: Cultural Diversity in the Classroom Professor Campbell-Rodriguez June 30‚ 2011 Issues in Multicultural Education The demographics of Seattle‚ Washington’s student population are rapidly changing. It is important for the teachers in our classrooms to be able to relate to the ethnicities of our schools students. The problem with the growing demographics of
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need to define it.” Critically analyse this assertion in light of the problems associated with the precise definition The study of religion may be as old as humankind itself according to one author. Defining religion is difficult as there are many definitions as there are many authors. The word religion is the most difficult to define because of the lack of a universally accepted definition. Specifically the root meaning of the word religion can be traced to Latin. Relegare or religion means to
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Today it is not unusual to see people of all different races‚ ethnic backgrounds or cultural groups living in one society. Our society is formed of a mix of different people and sometimes it is not easy to define ones self. Since we live in a society that is influenced by many social aspects expressing ones personal identity may be a hard task. Aspects of society that make it hard to identify ones self include a persons sexual orientation‚ their ethnicity and their lifestyles. In society there are
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about the essays we got from learn@wu. I will back my opinion with my own experiences I made during my studies abroad in Brazil and China as well as during my Internship in the Asia Pacific Headquarters of Bosch in China. Essay 1 Aspects of multicultural differences in teams Mr. Distefano`s and Ms. Maznevski`s paper mentions that multi-cultural teams are more efficient and successful rather than homogenous groups if they are managed well. Otherwise‚ they will be disastrous. From my personal experience
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Communication in Multicultural Environment Communication in Multicultural Environment I work at Fairchild semiconductor and my work environment is very diverse. I have had one instance of a communication breakdown due to the person has an accent. The communication breakdown. When I first started at Fairchild three years ago I meet one of my coworkers who has a sever speech impediment. I was informed by other coworkers that she would be very hard to understand at first but that
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Rebranding and repositioning of the program 2- Increase awareness in different communities 3- Increase the reach to the target market 4- Encourage alumni to promote the program through social media 5- Engage audiences at social-multicultural events 6- Hand over flyers right at the airport to newcomers 7- Set up booths at career fairs 8- Create awareness before landing through CIIP 9- Create awareness amongst potential employers ACTION: Recommended Steps:
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