The Use of Student Assessment for Policy and Learning Improvement Education Policy and Reform Unit (EPR) Education Policy Research Working Document No. 1 Published by UNESCO Bangkok Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road‚ Prakanong‚ Klongtoey Bangkok 10110‚ Thailand © UNESCO 2013 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression
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increasingly open about who they are. To that end‚ businesses that embrace diversity have a more solid footing in the marketplace than others. A diverse workforce combines workers from different backgrounds and experiences that together breed a more creative‚ innovative‚ and productive workforce. And businesses have learned that they can draw upon our nation’s diversity to strengthen their bottom line. In this way‚ diversity is a key ingredient to growing a strong and inclusive economy that’s built
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DIVERSITY TRAINING Diversity training is training intended to increase cultural awareness‚ knowledge and skills‚ and increase the inclusion of identity groups. This ultimately is designed to assist an organization promote a more diverse corporate culture‚ protect against civil rights issues‚ and promote better teamwork. This is accomplished through training in communications to all levels of an organization‚ reinforcement of policies and procedures to be more inclusive‚ design and implementation
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David Kennedy Evolution Group 4 9/22/13 Lab 1: Insect Diversity and Evolution Introduction: Insects dominate the Earth with vast diversity and number of species. They are arthropods that have articulate appendages‚ a hard exoskeleton‚ compound eyes‚ and an open circulatory system with a dorsal heart. Insects have large populations in many habitats‚ even urban environments such as Chicago. Insects are close relatives to Myriapoda‚ Chelicerata‚ and Crusacea organisms (Hoffmann 63). They are incredibly
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When we say that something is divers it means that it has different forms and different variables. This is the same thing with families in the contemporary UK. However regarding the family it’s a difficult to get everyone to accept the different types of diversities. Some people accept and are happy with the diversity whilst there are some people who think there is only one type of family and that all other types of families are unacceptable. There are different thing which makes up divers family;
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In today’s society‚ diversity in education is extremely important. America is no longer the melting pot it used to be. It has gradually transformed into a salad bowl filled with people from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. As educators‚ we have to transform and adapt our teaching styles to fit all walks of life. Differentiation is the passport to diversity. In order to be successful in a diverse classroom‚ facilitators must be able to balance student awareness and community acceptance
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Organization Behavior The Benefits of Diversity Affirmative action has been the center of many heated debates for decades now. Affirmative action policies are used in the United States to give advantages to racial minorities in areas of education‚ employment‚ health care‚ or government funding. These "minorities" are underrepresented groups in society‚ especially when defined by race‚ ethnicity‚ or gender. Until the mid-1960’s‚ legal barriers prevented blacks and other racial minorities in
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points from their perspective giving a wide variety to ponder. Ignorance can be a negative or a positive‚ doesn’t define a person just their thought process based on the information obtained thus far. Aiding our growth from ignorance is diversity. The diversity of people is a blessing‚ it gives us‚ as humans the opportunity to view any topic of discussion from another angle‚ broadening personal views clearing up any tunnel vision developed during growth from childhood to adult. Personal experience
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States has always been the “melting pot” of various racial and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate groups (or
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viewpoints. Diversity in the classroom is not something that can be ignored or shoved under the rug‚ but it must be acknowledged‚ accepted‚ understood and then taught. Understanding and acceptance are the keys to unifying not only a group of students but also our nation as a whole. W. H. Aulden‚ an English poet‚ had this to say about diversity‚ "Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained’". Diversity is not only a race issue. Diversity can
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