Gutmann Democracy and Education Amy Gutmann's book, Democracy in Education, is a thoughtful analysis of the philosophical foundations of education in a democratic state. She investigates the issue of who should share responsibility for the education Continue Reading...
Treating Alcoholism presents therapists with multi-dimensional issues -- multicultural understanding and contextual setting of the client (profession, family, history, work conditions and exposure to extraordinary conditions, in the case of those ser Continue Reading...
Generation Transmission of Culture There are a number of ways that a culture may be transmitted to the next generation such as influences from family and parents, religion, and community. This works intends to explore the generation transmission of Continue Reading...
Gushue, Clarke, Pantzer, et al., (2006) examine the application of social cognitive theories to career counseling, reporting that self-efficacy is a pertinent issue in this process. In particular, these authors report that: Career decision making 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...
They cannot ignore the socioeconomic issues of adversity so often present and, where necessary, need to act as advocates, mediators and social brokers (Compton, Galaway, & Curnoyer, 2005). The concern is that the issue of healthcare for cultura Continue Reading...
... further, that it would be only a question of time until the entire Pacific coast region would be controlled by the Japanese.' Yet Japan's ultimate aim was not limited to California or the Pacific Coast but was global domination achieved through a Continue Reading...
Risk analysis in disclosure cases also demonstrates that disclosure hazards are events that organizations repeat in cyclic patterns. Thus, to prevent violations and to accurately estimate the probability of an unauthorized disclosure, there are many Continue Reading...
(Searight; Gafford, 2005) There are also changes in the value systems of the different communities as the ecological situation of the communities change and this may be due to historical changes or shifts into new areas by the individuals. Even with Continue Reading...
The world would now be required to accept socialism, Leninism, and eventually Stalinism, as part of the European landscape. With the defeat of Germany, Austro-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire; the shift in the balance of power moved toward the only Continue Reading...
" (Dafler, 2005) Dafler relates that for more than thirty years children who were 'half-caste' "were forcibly removed from their families, often grabbed straight from their mother's arms, and transported directly to government and church missions." ( Continue Reading...
Twenty-First Change Challenges Today's organization face an external political environment that is marked by unprecedented levels of bipolarization that have arguably reached new heights relative to any time in recent history. Although most organiza Continue Reading...
Essentially, what the governor has done is strengthen the hand of tribes without federal recognition to exercise rights in a way that is similar to those with federal recognition. For this reason, it is prudent to investigate possible funding from t Continue Reading...
Donne Island No man is an island unto himself," a line written during the Renaissance by poet John Donne, reflects the brotherhood of all men. While this line was written at the height of the Renaissance, it has remained meaningful in both public an Continue Reading...
Education Cultural Diversity http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/cultural-diversity / (UNESCO) This is information about cultural diversity in education, particularly Continue Reading...
Overall, this program is in synergy with the underlying theme of this year's conference. It aims to unite a multicultural working environment while still highlighting the unique differences that allow the contemporary workforce to bring a myriad of Continue Reading...
Dutch Culture "Typical Dutch?" The history of the Netherlands is demonstrative of a unique situation both socially and politically as the level of Dutch tolerance has been duly noted on countless issues. The historical underpinnings of this are clea Continue Reading...
Career Counseling -- Systems Theory The Case of Alex: Applying Systems Theory The work and personal life challenges that Alex is facing can be explained through various lenses; however, in this particular case, systems theory as applied in the mult Continue Reading...
Although Friedman claims that the use of religion as a common bond among early Americans is no longer relevant, there are scores of Americans who still believe that the nation is essentially a Christian one. The identity of Tea Party people is inext Continue Reading...
It is likely that because of Jazz innovators, the fusion of musical styles has grown to the level it has. It is also likely that the desire of Jazz to encourage the rethinking of harmony and melody away from a simple chord progression to a haunting, Continue Reading...
A good market segmentation can reduce operational costs by efficiently allocating the resources to the most suitable segments, while taking under careful consideration the differences across different cultures (Hofstede et.al., 1999). The main alter Continue Reading...
Finding out about other peoples and cultures, through technology, will be an essential part of education in the years to come. Numerous aspects of the current educational system will need to be improved in future years. The focus must be on childre Continue Reading...
This is the first step of learning -- seeing that there is more to the world than selfish thoughts, needs, and desires. Even in schools today, by inviting parents to join in the process of their own child's education, through the PTA, through parent Continue Reading...
The increased proximity and corresponding increased racial tension between the two groups are intensified because of the dynamics of globalization that operates American society and economy. Globalization induces economic growth through increased b Continue Reading...
Curriculum Specialist Especially with the emphasis by the federal government on student performance with "No Child Left Behind," there exists an essential need for a well-educated and skilled curriculum specialist for school systems. Specific Skill Continue Reading...
They gain a sense of distance, distrust, and constraint in their institutional experiences, a distrust that is common to White working class Italian households, and Black working class housing projects alike. Middle class children learn to regard le Continue Reading...
A couple of weeks ago the movie the Longest Yard came out and I was surprised how much it was like the first movie that was so long ago (I've seen it a few times on TV). In this one, the minorities were stereotyped, Chris Rock said "nigger" thousan Continue Reading...
When this takes place, it is up to the principal to implement the required changes through his influence on the teachers. This is a very time consuming and perseverant effort for all administrators and that includes principals. This brings us to ano Continue Reading...
Our country is very young and may be compared with an adolescent who feels he is powerful and at the same time is unsure of himself because he is still a child. Then there are many immigrants from many countries, and on the whole people here do not Continue Reading...
Social Equity Public Administration Emergence as Concern in Field of Public Administration Social equity has always been an important aspect of public administration, though only recently is it receiving much attention in the press. Whereas in time Continue Reading...
role of physical education in the public school system has been under pressure from a number of fronts. In the contracting budgetary environment, the amount of dollars dedicated to non-core curriculum studies have experiences forced cut backs. When Continue Reading...
Aesthetic Education: Book Review of Maxine Greene's Lectures encompassed in her Variations on a Blue Guitar. The paper that follows is an overview of the style, content, and core philosophy of one of the seminal works on arts education during the Continue Reading...
Child Care Developmental Observation of Five-Year-old Statement of Research/Observation: To observe a five-year-old female child in her natural setting to determine age appropriate developmental stages. Description of Child Being Observed: The sub Continue Reading...
Allegory and Idealism in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park And The Lost World This paper presents a detailed discussion on the use of allegory and idealism in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and The Lost World. The writer draws several examples from Continue Reading...
Balance of Fragile things is an engrossing novel that raises a lot of points and questions. As such, there are a lot of directions that the author of this report could take for this report but the author has selected one in particular. American immi Continue Reading...
First, Spanish sounds different from English in terms of vowel sounds, sentence stress, and timing. (Shoebottom, 2007, Spanish). In addition, Spanish speakers can confront grammar problems when learning English, "although Spanish is a much more heav Continue Reading...
School Counseling in a Multicultural Society: An Overview More and more diversity is becoming the buzzword in society at large and within educational facilities across the nation. As the population in the United States continues to become increasing Continue Reading...
Film Theory The canonical model of the purely cinematic (Eisenstein, Kracauer, Bazin) starts disappearing in contemporary theory. Most film theorists since the 1970s (Baudry, Wollen, Mulvey, Stam/Shohat, or Jameson, etc.) Explain in different ways Continue Reading...
