The Book of Ethics Ch. 5: Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Addiction Treatment Presented by: Joslynn A. Davis Rapid Growth of an Ethnic and Culturally Diverse Clientele As a result of a steadily increasing rate of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.‚ the population that helping profession wants to assist has become very multicultural and diverse. Some helping practitioners are unable to effectively help their clients due to the cultural boundaries between the client and the helper
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is relevance‚ how is relevant to the age group? It is socio-culturally appropriate? Is it individually appropriate? All these question needs to be considered when choose a theme topic. Themes are relevant when the concepts they represent are directly tied to children’s real-life experiences and build on what children know. If relevance has been properly considered‚ themes are age appropriate‚ individually appropriate‚ and socio-culturally appropriate. Relevant themes highlight concepts with which
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| Culturally Diverse Families | Reading Article #1 | | | | | Do you believe that the values held by scholars affect their interpretation of ethnic families? If so‚ can cite specific samples? I believe values held by scholars do affect their interpretation of ethnic families. We can take two different ethnic scientists with different backgrounds from the article for an example. According to Daniel Moynihan (1965)‚ a white scientist‚ black families were deteriorating and
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meet." At least‚ that’s what English writer Rudyard Kipling said. Truth is‚ nowadays Easterners and Westerners meet quite often. And when they do meet‚ naturally‚ they have to find an appropriate greeting. Aye‚ there’s the rub raymond mill. What’s culturally appropriate for people in one culture may be completely out of line in another culture. So the best approach is to follow the well-known maxim‚ "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do." So what’s an appropriate salutation for Americans? Maybe you already
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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response Jesse Prinz argues that the source of our moral inclinations is merely cultural. Suppose you have a moral disagreement with someone‚ for example‚ a disagreement about whether it is okay to live in a society where the amount of money you are born with is the primary determinant of how wealthy you will end up. In pursuing this debate‚ you assume that you are correct about the issue and that your conversation partner is mistaken. You conversation
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Explain the differences in culturally-based value systems relative to the amount of control a person feels he or she has over future outcomes? How does this belief influence the decision-making process? We all come from different backgrounds and each culture has different values and we must understand that things we practice may be offensive to individuals from a different culture and vice versa. Wise intercultural managers will try take into consideration the differences in verbal and nonverbal
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Culturally Diverse Classroom Plan In order to incorporate multicultural diversity in the classroom‚ I will create a bulletin board that will display multicultural diversity. The bulletin board will display the different cultures and religions in our geographic area. The bulletin board will also display the many different occupations that the student’s parents are currently involved in throughout the surrounding areas. I will also be sure to create an atmosphere of tolerance‚ acceptance and caring
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A Report on Best Buy Culturally Sensitive Marketing and Advertising Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. is considered to be the largest consumer electronics retailer in the world‚ which went bankrupt few years earlier due to various causes. However‚ the company has been striving hard to get back its old reputation and fame to which it became successful to a great extent. One of the reasons behind this is considered to be marketing or more specifically advertising of Best Buy. The company understands the need to create
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research will be chiefly guided by the lens of culturally responsive pedagogy to explore EFL practices in context of Nepal. “Culturally Responsive Teaching”‚ as per the definition of Gloria Ladson-Billing‚ is an approach that empowers students intellectually‚ socially‚ emotionally‚ and politically by using culturally referents to impact knowledge‚ skills and attitudes. (cited in Sealey-Ruiz‚ 2006). The term culturally responsive teaching or culturally responsive pedagogy was first used by Gay (2000)
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Okay‚ so let’s get down to it. What is it that we are talking about when we say communication? Communication is the sharing of knowledge‚ ideas‚ and feelings. It is a transactional process‚ that is‚ it requires a sender and a receiver‚ which‚ in turn‚ means that the quality of the communication (is it properly understood) depends not just on the sender‚ but also on the receiver. What? Yes‚ it takes two. Turn to page 26 in Intercultural Communication‚ let’s run through a sample conversation‚ so that
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