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    DIFFERENT CULTURESDIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft

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    RAISING ACHIEVEMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY PUPILS ABSTRACT This literature review would explore the barriers in raising educational achievements of ethnic minority students. As this is a broad area of concern the literature would examine two main barriers such as social background issues and English as Additional Language (EAL) while briefly looking at other barriers such as… Statistical data collected from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) 2002 would be analysed in respect to this group

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    Cultural Differences in Raising Children The world is filled with an overwhelming number of cultural differences. Some of the many examples of these differences are; perception‚ behavior‚ gestures‚ and language. All of which can greatly affect professional and personal relationships. As the world rapidly becomes more diverse‚ the number cross cultural parents increases. Raising children in a cross cultural home is a job in itself. In some instances‚ parents may not be too different in their ways. In

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    a fact. The good news is that‚ as parents‚ our job is NOT to be perfect‚ our job is to keep our kids safe and healthy and do our best to instill positive attributes that will make them decent (or decent enough) members of society. Now‚ if you are raising your kids in a big city‚ such as New York‚ it can be even more challenging to raise safe and healthy kids because their backyard contains a lot of potential places and things that can affect their health and well-being. Parents‚ then‚ ultimately need

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    photographer‚ Rina Mae Acosta‚ in her article “Raising the Happiest Kids in the World‚” talks about how Dutch parents raise their children and these are the happiest kids in the world. Acosta points out that most parents around the world have the ability to educate their children. She strongly believes that parents can provide their children the necessary treatments to be happy. Also‚ she believes that her methods (Dutch methods) of raising her children are proper and it makes them happy. She uses

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    Cultural Shock * Cultural Context * High-Context Culture * Low-Context Culture * Individualism * Collectivism * Masculine * Feminine Why Study Culture? * Globalization * Rise in intercultural Shock * Avoid Culture ShockCultural Contexts * What is cultural Context? * The relative emphasis different cultures place on nonverbal communication * High-Context culture * Low-Context cultureCulture Values * What are culture values? * Four categories of cultural values:

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    When I was growing up‚ the only way to raise a true ’world denizen’ was at an exorbitantly priced Swiss boarding school. Luckily‚ such elitism has been thrown out the window‚ and now parents raise bilingual and multicultural children themselves. The children grow up just as world-savvy and sophisticated -- and actually know their own parents! Still for the do-it-yourselfer‚ a few tips can smooth the way. The most common question people ask me is "How do I raise a bilingual child the best way?" "Easy

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    Single Parenting and Raising Healthy Children Single parents and their children constitute a rapidly increasing population. In the past single parenting was seen as a broken system‚ these units today provide a viable alternative to nuclear families (Kleist‚ 1999‚ p. 1). In looking at the characteristics of single parents raising healthy children‚ I will describe some of the challenges unique to single parenting‚ and review positive parenting techniques shown to be effective. Social Development

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    seems to help a child excel. First and foremost‚ communication is key in all relationships‚ from parent to child or spouse to spouse. Beginning from childbirth‚ a mother understands when her child is distressed by hearing them cry. Additionally‚ in Raising Successful Kids‚ it mentioned how when a child first learns how to walk and falls the first time‚ they look to their mother for reaction. This bond is already established from childbirth by

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    ABSRACT: There has been general upsurge in cultures and managerial research in the last decade or so. Despite this fact‚ empirical studies on culture dimensions to management practices across cultures have been limited in numbers and scope. In few countries‚ very limited knowledge about its cultural values and the consequences it poses for motivation is known. A major question is whether the drawback of universal theories could explain for the disappointing economic development of various countries

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