Develop an argument on or some ideas of understanding about curriculum as multicultural text by relating the works of Darling-Hammond‚ French‚ & Garcia-Lopez‚ Delpit‚ Duarte & Smith‚ Greene‚ Nieto and Sletter to your experience of curriculum‚ teaching‚ and learning as affirming diversity. You could think specifically about the following questions: Is there a need for diversity in curriculum studies and designs? Why? What measures do you think will be effective in incorporating such a need into curriculum
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References: Greene‚ R. R. (1999). Ecological Perspective:An Eclectic Theoretical Framework for Social Work Practice. New York : Aldine De Gruyyer . Robbins‚ S. P.‚ Chatterjee‚ P.‚ & Canda‚ E. R. (2006). Contemporary Human Behavior Theory: a Critical Perspective for
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Everything Happens for a Reason M. Night Shyamalan uses the impact of Colleen’s sacrificial death on the Hess family‚ Graham’s struggle with faith‚ and every character’s quirk to prove that everything happens for reason. Graham is a dynamic character throughout the story. He begins as the town Reverend‚ and as a follower of Christ. But‚ when his wife is killed‚ he begins to question his faith and he wonders why God would let something so horrible to him because he was a good person. He then becomes
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Moonlight Graham. Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was born on November 10‚ 1879 in Fayetteville‚ North Carolina. He grew up to be a good baseball player. He played baseball in the minor leagues for three years before joining the Giants on May 23‚ 1905. He would always practice with the Giants‚ but he had only got to play in one game. In the bottom of the eighth inning against the Brooklyn Superbas in Washington Park‚ Graham was sent in to play right field‚ replacing George Browne. Graham played
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"You can dream‚ create‚ design and build the most wonderful place in the world‚ but it requires people to make the dream a reality"‚ Walt Disney (Pulsifer). This quote means that if you believe you can do something‚ you can but it takes other people to make it come true. Also‚ it means that if you dream about making/building something and you make it come true‚ the other people are the ones that truly have to believe to make it 100% real and fun. In Florida‚ Walt Disney is one of the main attractions
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love believers and their perspective towards love itself. Graham expresses the idea that to her‚ a lot of relationships fail because both partners in the relationship fall in love with an idealistic view of who the other person is. She explains that couples jump into relationships thinking their significant other was this perfect image they made him/her out to be only to come to realization that it was a figment of their imagination. Graham also defies the sappy happy endings that she says everyone
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In “Starting with Inquiry” by Stuart Greene & April Lidinsky‚ the authors point out how challenging and overwhelming academic writing can be. On the other hand‚ academic writing is a necessary skill to learn‚ because it helps makes arguments and persuade the audience that you are trying to reach out to. I agree with this statement the most because while academic writing is challenging‚ it personally helps me to observe and challenge beliefs of other that I disagree with to produce a thoughtful conversation
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Eli Whitney was born on a farm in Westboro‚ Massachusetts‚ on December 8‚ 1765. Whitney’s Mother‚ Elizabeth Fay‚ died of a heart attack in the year 1777. At the age 14 Eli ran a nail manufacturing operation that ended up being very profitable. He had sold nails from his Dad’s workshop during the Revolutionary War. Because Eli’s stepmother didn’t support his wish to attend college‚ he worked as a farm laborer and a school teacher to save up money. Eli then prepared to go to Yale at Leicester Academy
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Greene supports this idea of social rebellion when she includes a quote from the original editor of Emily Dickinson’s poems‚ Mrs. Bingham in her literary criticism: “In Emily’s day‚ domestic activity was still a full-time career for women…To absorb small annoyances and leave the menfolks [sic] free to carry on the constructive work of the community was‚ a hundred years ago‚ a woman’s sufficient reason for being. No one questioned‚ least of all the women. It was not their way to express likes or dislikes
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Racial discrimination is the main and ongoing problem in the social life of Americans. When we look at the gap of incomes between White and African Americans‚ we can see the inequality between these two groups. In general‚ whites have more annual earnings than their black counterparts in America. Lori Ann Campbell and Robert L. Kaufman emphasized that the wealth determinants‚ which are the indicators of socio-economic status‚ have effected more on Whites than Blacks. And even when society is organized
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