When it comes to diversity and teaching about diversity in the classroom‚ I immediately thinking about different races‚ religions‚ languages but not abilities. I had never considered disability as a topic for classroom discussion. When I approached this week’s reading and assignment I was a little bit concerned. As a student‚ we only spoke about disability once a year‚ during the month the school held the “Special Olympics”. Teachers usually spoke of disability as a limiting and the need for us to
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Description: This is a case involving two main characters from two different counties with differing points of view. John Baker‚ a European Chief Engineer‚ had been promoted to Production Manager in a new country and was preparing his successor‚ Matthew Rennalls‚ a Barracanian to replace him. Rennalls was known as being very intelligent‚ one of the brightest Barracanian’s and the son of the minister of finance and economic planning. The succession phase including a transition of meetings‚ interviews
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1.Introduction and Statement of the problem For inclusion to be successful‚ schools require a certain culture and ethos. Part of this is that an aim in all classrooms should be to expand the circle of tolerance so that a broader range of behaviours are embraced and provided for through supports that are an ordinary part of the classroom‚ as a broader range of learner differences become an ordinary part of the school day. Inclusion is about creating a society in which all children and their families
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Unit 4222-245 Understand the legislation and policies that support Individuals with learning disabilities (LD 201) Outcome 1 1.1 Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Human Rights Act 1998 (became law in 2000) * Care Standards Act 2000 * Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (amended 2005) * Equality Act 2010 * National Health Service
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| Cultural Diversity within the Workplace | | Cultural Diversity within the Workplace Cultural diversity‚ what is cultural diversity‚ and how does it affect the work place? I believe that there are people out there that still may not have a true understanding as to the exact meaning of cultural diversity‚ or they assume that it is something that only pertains to people who are of a different back ground as the next person. Cultural diversity encases more than just people who come from different
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condition depends on my personality in how I think of them. Another example: when I do the presentation‚ I speaks in formal language to show my respect to the audiences‚ and it will be different if I just attend the generally class. Politeness in Inclusion and Exclusion o Inclusive messages include all people present and acknowledge the relevance of others and normally considered polite. Example: using English language in this university. When we discuss our homework‚ we will use English language
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CYP CORE 3.7 Understand how to support positive outcomes for children and young people. Name: Marcele Nyamekye Reflective Account Social‚ economic and cultural factors that impact on the lives of children and young people for example: factors like impact of being in the care system‚ living consistently in same parental home‚ relationship with parents or carer‚ attitude of parents or carer to education and a healthy lifestyle‚ poverty‚ poor housing‚ adequate/appropriate housing‚ level of access
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Thomson‚ Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary bodies: Figuring physical disability in American culture and literature. Columbia University Press‚ 1997. Print. In this article‚ Rosemarie Thomson criticizes on the way physically disabled people are treated in the context of culture. Her main claim is that the socially contextualized view of disability has attributed misrepresentations to people with extraordinary bodies. The first sub-claim is that the identification of “disability” is based on cultural
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Do you think people’s perceptions of others play a role in the success of students with disabilities? Why or why not? Choose one law covered in Chapter 1. These include IDEA‚ NCLB‚ Section 504 and ADA. How does your chosen law protect students with disabilities from negative perceptions and beliefs? Week 1 discussion 1 and 2 I believe that people’s perception does play a role in the success of students with disabilities. It is human nature to stare‚ fear or ridicule people who appear or act different
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The advantages of having a diverse organization The world’s increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures‚ beliefs‚ and backgrounds than ever before. People no longer live and work in an insular marketplace; they are now part of a worldwide economy with competition coming from nearly every continent. For this reason‚ all organizations need diversity to become more creative and open to change. Maximizing and capitalizing on workplace diversity has become
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