Education Effective Education: Curriculum Development vs. Instructional Strategies When comes to teaching students effectively, both curriculum development and instructional strategies are very important. Without curriculum development, students wo Continue Reading...
Multicultural Literature what is multicultural literature? What are the characteristics of quality multicultural literature? Within the latter part of the twentieth century, a pattern referred to as multiculturalism acquired popularity in American Continue Reading...
People need look no further than their own homes to see the interdependence of world trade; no further than their neighborhoods to see the results of international migration and multiculturalism; no further than the news to see the causes and effec Continue Reading...
Diversity Vermont Diversity Issues in Higher Education and the University of Vermont How does this school present its interests in " diversity"(college's mission statement, diversity statement, website) The University of Vermont takes great pride Continue Reading...
We went in assuming we would be rather homogenous and then found that the dynamic of the group could have broken down as a virtue of differences. Once those differences were noted by myself, the group leader the task became essentially easier, as mo Continue Reading...
Cultural Competence Culturally competent care Cultural competence and the Old age homes The basic knowledge in nursing or medical studies in itself is not enough. As Watson puts it, there is need to instill the humanistic aspect into the career or Continue Reading...
Diversity Education The American workplace has become increasingly diverse, a reflection of the American urban environment. Diversity training serves a few different purposes in organizations. The first is that it promotes an atmosphere of tolerance Continue Reading...
Cultural Competency in Nursing The basic knowledge in nursing or medical studies needs substantial facilitation in order to be effective and appropriate towards addressing the needs and preferences of the patients. Watson notes the need to integrate Continue Reading...
colostate.edu/guides/research/casestudy/pop2a.cfm. 3. Hispanic, White Communities Forge Ties in Alabama (2003) a UA Center for Public Television and Radi9o Production. Online available at: 4. McDade, Sharon a. (2002) Definition of a Case Study. Fac Continue Reading...
Cultural Applications Bartone, Michael. (2001). "Cultural applications: Ideas for teacher education programs." Perspectives on Urban Education, 91-94. According to Michael Bartone's article "Cultural applications: Ideas for teacher education progr Continue Reading...
As Mitchell points out however, this criterion can overlook the major differences between the cultures that form the Hispanic group, and the multicultural curriculum should ensure the recognition of these basic differences. (Mitchell, 102) However, Continue Reading...
Companies will need to look at regional and national differences, and draw on the similarities between countries to enhance their competitive advantages (Powell, 2005). It is clear that as company, like WTI grows globally, they will benefit from a m Continue Reading...
Qualifying for professional certifications should be sought. All of these are ways the counselor can ensure that he or she has sound attitudes and abilities for making good judgments on ethical and multicultural questions. There are growing resourc Continue Reading...
Multicultural Counseling Competency The development of American society as a multicultural society in the recent years resulted from the numerous incidences of diaspora and migration among individuals who belong to various cultures and societies all Continue Reading...
Knowledge of avenues for community support as well as for physical aid such as shelter and food are vital to providing help, both immediate and long-term, to discriminated populations. I have confidence that between my studies and real-life experien Continue Reading...
" (Geographia) Such a country, therefore, can probably teach the world a valuable lesson on how to achieve unity within diversity. for, after all, it appears that India is a country, which has developed multicultural competence. Thus, I would be inte Continue Reading...
Moore shared this insight with other children's-book writers, librarians and editors, including Elinor Sinette, Franklin Folsom, Mary Elting Folsom, Frances Keene, Stanley Faulkner and Sylvia Faulkner" (Kohl, 1991). Later on the Council on Interrac Continue Reading...
Cultural Competence Nursing, like any of the fields within the medical professions, requires a wide-ranging set of skills. Some of these can be seen as purely technical, such as knowing how to triage a patient coming into an emergency department or Continue Reading...
Perhaps the clearest and most direct way to make the reading and general learning experience more personally relevant, however, is to include an analysis of text-to-self-connections in reading lesson plans and tasks. Not only does this lead explici Continue Reading...
Outsourced employees should be limited to filling non-critical areas of need. They should be used to alleviate the load on regular employees, rather than to replace them. They will fill in non-essential positions, leaving full-time employees to fill Continue Reading...
Doing activities like making pinatas are fun and instructive and offer relaxed opportunities to discuss what they are learning. They will learn some Spanish words and to delve more deeply into what it means culturally to be Mexican, which could lead Continue Reading...
Diversity as a Barrier to Group Psychotherapy According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, the psychopathology of college students, and their demand for counseling services in university college centers (UCCs) has risen substantially over t Continue Reading...
In a large measure, these concepts reflect the problems that have accompanied increased diversity as both a consequence and a cause of a great many social problems" (1999, p. 1). In this regard, Naylor defines culture as being "the learned way (or w Continue Reading...
Cultural Competency Health Professionals Canada This paper discusses cultural competency for health professionals in Canada. Defining cultural competence for healthcare as respectful awareness of cultural differences, the importance of this perspect Continue Reading...
It became apparent that we have a serious problem in this country and that this problem could undermine attempts to build bridges between different cultural groups. It became an issue at the forefront of law enforcement management. The Roots of Rac Continue Reading...
" (a Manager's Guide to Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals, nd) Cultural competence is a development process as no individual "becomes culturally competent overnight or with one or two hours of training." (a Manager's Guide t Continue Reading...
This is an approach that is not current nor balanced. By echoing the importance of race and its ability to transcend the individual, soon all students will be able to belong to a single race of beings, the human race. Conclusions The literature ex Continue Reading...
The following facts have been established with regard to preschoolers' cultural understanding, tolerance, influences and attitudes: • At the early preschool age, kids begin developing definite attitudes with regard to their own ethnic and r Continue Reading...
Cross-Cultural Management Education and Training for Cross-Cultural Management at IKEA Business across borders has presented significant challenges for multinational organisations. Due to cultural differences between countries, a multinational orga Continue Reading...
Assessment of Strengths and Areas Needing Improvement from the Diversity Proficiencies SurveyOne of the standout strengths I observed from the Diversity Proficiencies Survey is my ability to create an inclusive and culturally relevant learning enviro Continue Reading...
Educational Inequity Culture and education are inherently linked (Adams, 1992; Gay, 2000, Jones 2004; Wlodkcowski & Ginsberg, 1995 in: Guo and Jamal, 2007) In order to understand impact of diversity in the educational setting, Guo and Jamal writ Continue Reading...
Indeed, even the most outspoken critics of law enforcement will likely be the first to dial "9-1-1" when their homes are being burglarized or members of their families are being attacked, but the fact remains that many police department remain prima Continue Reading...
The Foundation called specific attention to the prospect of institutional and policy-level strategies to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the health professions. In response, the Institute Committee on Institutional and Continue Reading...
35). Information can also be added that relates to families, parents, and others whose primary culture and language are not in the mainstream. Using children's literature to teach diversity: It is not a new idea for teachers to use literature to ed Continue Reading...
Forecasting Effects of Cultural Changes Inside Worldwide Telecommunications Inc: Linking Demographic and Cultural Diversity and Performance Within today's increasingly globally-infused corporate workplaces, conventional wisdom holds that demographi Continue Reading...
Management of Multicultural Workgroups by KFC Corporation Headquartered in Lousville, Kentucky, KFC Corporation (hereinafter alternatively "KFC" or "the company") was founded more than 70 years ago for "Colonel" (an honorary title) Harland Sanders Continue Reading...
Nursing: Cultural Competence, Sensitivity and Empowerment Cultural Competence, Sensitivity and Empowerment: Nursing The changing demographics of the modern-day multicultural world are increasingly challenging healthcare professionals to consider cu Continue Reading...
Kizilos and others showed that diverse organizations portrayed reduced pro-social organizational behavior compared to homogenous groups, and Pelled and others, showed proof that increased standards of ethnic diversity are linked to more emotional co Continue Reading...
Texaco, Inc. Case Texaco, Inc. is a multi-billion dollar corporation that produces petroleum, oil, gasoline and asphalt. Founded in 1901, Texaco's growth expanded into the automobile industry in the 20th century, at which time the company focused on Continue Reading...
