Creating a Plan for a Culturally Diverse Classroom Marie Charette AED 204 March 3‚ 2013 Dr. Damara Richens In Order to work effectively with student of different origins a teacher must be confident and comfortable with their own heritage. The teacher should familiarize themselves with their background. This will help when planning and creating your classroom Donna M. Gollnick and Philip C. Chinn As a teacher it is very important to design the classroom to meet all the needs of each child
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Most people have experienced prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination at some time in his or her life. There is no doubt social discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and hostility still create serious problems and challenges‚ even in today’s apparently more and more individualized and “enlightened” society. This paper will discuss prejudice‚ stereotypes‚ and discrimination in the context of social psychology; what the consequences of stereotyping and discrimination are; and strategies to improve attitudes
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prevalence of psychological disorders among the homeless. As part of a community-based survey of 529 homeless adults‚ a model was formulated and verified to increase the realization of the issues linked to their psychological distress. Results found that homeless adults were more probable to report psychological distress than the general population (80% vs. 49%). Distress levels were not related with most demographic or homeless characteristics or usual appearance. Conversely‚ distress was linked with
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Although discrimination against other races from white isn’t as bad as it use to be ‚ it is still a major problem in the United States today. People may think that racism doesn’t exist anymore‚ however‚ racism has just been redesigned because of the media scaring white americans. Cory Booker acknowledges that right now‚ the United States has more African-Americans under criminal supervision than they had slaves in the 1850s because of racism today. Angela Davis said that the war on drugs in the
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EAE4U1-11 December 7 2012 Racism has been present in our societies from the time races first collided and were forced to live in each other’s presence. The Blacks were enslaved for many centuries before it was made illegal in most countries during the 1800s. However‚ racism and prejudice continue to be present in the 20th century‚ especially in the 1950s and 1960s. During these years‚ political triggers in England and the United States‚ drastically changed racism‚ with numerous consequences. The
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using qualitative approaches rather than the quantitative epidemiological approaches that are currently relied on. Racism is a form of discrimination that stems from the belief that groups should be treated differently according to phenotypic difference. It is widespread in the UK (Modood et al‚ 1997). Racism has many forms; direct attack is less common than perceived discrimination in interpersonal communication‚ or inequity in the receipt of services or justice. It is easier to measure discriminatory
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level of examination‚ functioning on mechanisms that exceed prejudice and discrimination on an individual level. There may be a temptation to draw a conclusion that the discrimination occurring against a particular group would be eradicated if “Negative associations‚ stereotypes‚ and prejudices toward that outgroup were eliminated‚ but even in ideal settings where individuals hold no stereotypes or prejudices toward a group‚ discrimination may still occur.” However‚ in reality that scenario describes
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you can find many different people and cultures. American society is filled with culturally diverse people who open us up to a new way of thinking and help us perceive other nations with a less myopic view. As a culturally diverse person like myself‚ I have always enjoyed learning about others and their background. A plethora of information can overwhelm my mind just by chatting with someone who is diverse culturally‚ academically‚ and economically. In the same way I have encountered a similar experience
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Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals‚ behaviors‚ and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles. Transgender is the state of one ’s "gender identity” (self-identification as woman‚ man‚ neither or both) not matching ones "assigned sex" (identification by others as male‚ female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex). A transgender individual may have characteristics that are normally associated with a particular
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universal or specific to a location. Individuals who practice biasness‚ without regard for the truth‚ tend to believe that the preconceived notions they are practicing on others are right. Biasness comes in three forms; prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ and discrimination which may be similar but also very not the same. Prejudice‚ stereotyping and discrimination can be performed by one individual or group of individuals through judging another individual or group of individuals without having truthful and accurate
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