Defining Diversity Gregory Johnson ADMIN 570 Dr. Gwendolyn Samuel Miller March 25‚ 2013 Defining Diversity Diversity to me involves the understanding of different types of individuals. Diverse characteristics can often include race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ class‚ exceptionality‚ and orientation. Diversity is apparent in all aspects of our culture today and aspects of different types of diversity often affect our overall way of living
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"mainstream" students with special needs‚ meaning these kids will share classroom time with other‚ non-disabled children. Cheryl M. Jorgensen‚ Ph.D.‚ has written an open letter to the chief academic officer of the New York City school district entitled‚ "Inclusion: The Right Thing for All Students." In her letter Jorgensen states‚ "It’s time to restructure all of our schools to become inclusive of all of our children." Although I recognize that the mainstreaming of special education students can be beneficial
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1)Define the term social inclusion. Social inclusion can be defined as a concept where everyone in society or in a community feels valued‚ their beliefs and culture are respected‚ people with disabilities are treated with dignity and given the opportunity to contribute to their respective community. Social inclusion also involves ensuring people’s basic needs are being met‚ all people have equal opportunities to gain employment‚ everyone is able to access educational opportunities and are able to
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Unit 204: Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people Assignment 1 Within a school‚ equality‚ diversity and inclusion is very important. It is their duty to make sure all children have equal access to the curriculum. Whether they are a different race‚ culture‚ gender or have a special need or disability‚ it is important that they are supported and have a right to participate and be treated equal; this is known as inclusion. As part of this it is important that schools
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Argument against Full Inclusion in the Classroom Putting children with disabilities into a classroom with children who are normal is not fair for those without disabilities or for those with the disabilities. It takes away the amount of time a student without disabilities may need to finish a project but does not get because there is an issue or problem with a child who needs special care or attention. A traditional classroom is not prepared to cope with students with special needs‚ they are
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Con A con that has raised much concern about the use of inclusion within the classroom is that teachers are not properly trained nor receive adequate support to teach a student with a disability. With teachers already struggling to provide appropriate education for students without disabilities due to rigorous standards and mounting pressure to perform‚ with such a large burden it becomes unrealistic for teachers to provide the attention needed and deserved for disabled students within a regular
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we are talking in relation to diversity‚ we talk about the group who possess individual qualities that are diverse from our traits. Diversity is the uniqueness which every employee brings to the workplace in an organization or establishment. Examples of differences include nationality‚ belief‚ disabilities‚ physical appearance‚ race‚ gender‚ age‚ educational background‚ sexual orientation‚ and work experience‚ social and family status. At workplace‚ valuing diversity means creating a work environment
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financial inclusion? term as “the process of ensuring access to financial services and timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low income groups at an affordable cost”1 Poverty versus financial inclusion: (a) India is home to one-third of the world’s poor‚ who make up 42 percent of the more than 1 billion Indian people; (b) out of India’s population‚ 76 percent‚ i.e.‚ 800 million people‚ live below the poverty line of $2.50 a day; and (c) about 87 percent
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This paper will explore my philosophy of diversity. Since I live in the United States‚ the paper will focus on the United States’ diversity. In the course‚ ORG6499: Cultural Diversity & Individual Differences we have done multiple discussion journal reflections which relate to diversity. The paper will relate those discussions to my philosophy of diversity. A few of those discussions focused on the United States diversity and it appears that America’s diversity would be pluralistic and Mosaic in nature
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“Diversity and difference can be seen as assets to be valued and celebrated- sources of stimulation and enrichment‚ rather than problems to be solved”- How far do you agree? Using selected theoretical approaches and critical reading‚ analyse and assess your answer. The issue of differences and diversity within a society has been of great interest to sociologists. Debates over celebration or integration of religious and ethnic minorities‚ and the issues raised by LGBT equality movements have become
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