Do you believe that a work group or organization that is culturally diverse (in terms of the sex and racial/ethnic composition) is more effective than a culturally homogeneous group or organization? Why or why not? I believe for different environments a culturally diverse group is more effective than a homogeneous group. For larger organizations and groups that have a broader and more diverse audience or clientele‚ a culturally diverse group is more effective because it speaks to the audience
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A Culturally Endangered Youth. Introduction The combined forces of colonialism‚ westernization‚ and modernization have perfectly combined to drive Igbo culture to the margins of existence. What is dominant among the Igbo now is the payment of lip service to culture‚ especially by way of tourism and so-called inculturation. The people most affected are the young ones‚ mainly because the usual framework of learning by participation is no longer available to a greater percentage of them. Since the
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of the teacher education department’s Conceptual Framework‚ writers will write about what Culturally Responsive Teaching is and how action steps they will take to become Culturally Responsive Teachers. Culturally Responsive Teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning. (Ladson-Billings‚ 1994). Some of the characteristics of culturally responsive teaching are: Positive perspectives on parents and families‚ Student-centered
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Culturally Relevant Strategies Jennifer Sillaway COUN5336 Counseling and Advocacy with Diverse Populations February 24‚ 2013 Dr. Kaisha Thomas Aspirations Mental health counseling was not the career path in which I envisioned myself embarking on. Becoming a mental health counselor has many challenges and benefits. Along my career path I have had the pleasure of getting to know a variety of positions within mental health. Finding the definition of a mental health counselor can be defined
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Culturally responsive teaching is a student-cantered approach to teaching in which the student’ unique cultural strengths are identified and nurtured to promote student’s achievement and a sense of well-being about the student’s cultural place in the world. The differences between a “good teaching” strategies and culturally responsive teaching is the teacher is the facilitator and the students are the teachers. The teacher follows the students lead and let the students learn in a student-centered
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connect with what they have already learned are what helps build that neural connection and long-term storage. Students connect well with the material‚ whether through engaging them emotionally or connecting new information with prior acquired knowledge. Students are left behind not only because they quickly forget or disengage‚ but they lose the motivation to try. In order for students to participate effectively in a global community‚ they will need to gain global competence.
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parties in the courtroom‚ and he is able to assist in his own defense‚ hence he is competent to stand trial. However‚ as the prosecutor who took the case on said‚ by the spirit of competency Ralph did not meat the criteria‚ but by legal definition he was competent to stand trial. The 4 experts that the defense called to stand verified that Ralph is suffering from a severe delusion and that he did not know the nature of what he was doing and the consequences of such actions. Ralph and other mentally ill
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Maintaining a skilled and competent workforce This section includes good practice on: • Introduction • Employee retention • Homeworking • Evening shift • Training of existing employees Introduction An effective workforce is fundamental to a successful organisation. Employee retention The good practices below will help you to maintain a skilled‚ competent and effective workforce. These are: • promoting the benefits of healthy eating and exercise by investing in innovating training and establishing
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I chose to write a report about the YWCA Pierce County‚ located on 405 Broadway St‚ Tacoma Washington. The YWCA or Young Women’s Christian Association is one of the oldest and largest women’s organization in the nation‚ serving over 2 million women‚ and their families at more than 1‚300 locations across the United States. The original Christian perspective is still strong in many of the national associations‚ but some have changed their focus to be more of a social and community based program. The
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What defines a good doctor? On the basis of sources such as the British Medical Council and interviews with patients it is possible to divide the qualities needed to be a good doctor in to two categories. The first of these categories involves qualities associated with creating a good doctor-patient relationship. The attributes required for this include good communication skills as well as a caring and polite manner towards patients. The second category involves the doctor’s clinical competence and
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