ducation so that they develop appropriate goals and methods. ... He said we must examine our responses to diversity, devoting as much effort to changing them as we devote to learning about culture. ... Listed below are the goals of multicultural education created by Gorski and Covert: 1. ... To encourage students to take an active role in their own education by bringing their stories and experiences into the learning scope. 4. To address diverse learning styles. 5. ...

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Myth #4: There should be a separate, unified set of goals and curriculum for multicultural education. ... He said we must examine our responses to diversity, devoting as much effort to changing them as we devote to learning about culture. ... Listed below are the goals of multicultural education created by Gorski and Covert: 1. ... To encourage students to take an active role in their own education by bringing their stories and experiences into the learning scope. 4. To address diverse learning styles. 5. ...

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Mr Sarra's initial goal was to shift the mindset that underachieving was normal (Newman, 2002; Winkler, n.d.). ... This framework facilitates the consultation of the Aboriginal community's beliefs, backgrounds, goals and understandings in dealing with the issues and aspirations of their children's education (Oxenham, 1999). ... High Expectations of Students Although the learning environment and relationships with Aboriginal students may seem a little less formal, learning expectations need to be high. ... Making Learning Meaningful Teachers have a responsibility to develop and ...

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According to Rogoff (2003) "what they do depends in important ways on the cultural meaning given to the events and the social and institutional supports provided in their communities for learning and carrying out specific roles in the activities " (p. 6). ... Rogoff (2003) makes the points that: "Interpreting the activity of people without regard for their meaning system and goals renders observations meaningless. ... Because of these reasons, learning and integrating various education perspectives and projects from different ethnics will be promoted thus demonstrate my abilities as a teache...

• Word Count: 1833
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Rogoff (2003) "what they do depends in important ways on the cultural meaning given to the events and the social and institutional supports provided in their communities for learning and carrying out specific roles in the activities " (p. 6). ... Rogoff (2003) makes the points that: "Interpreting the activity of people without regard for their meaning system and goals renders observations meaningless. ... Because of these reasons, learning and integrating various education perspectives and projects from different ethnics will be promoted thus demonstrate my abilities as a teache...

• Word Count: 1833
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Rogoff (2003) "what they do depends in important ways on the cultural meaning given to the events and the social and institutional supports provided in their communities for learning and carrying out specific roles in the activities " (p. 6). ... Rogoff (2003) makes the points that: "Interpreting the activity of people without regard for their meaning system and goals renders observations meaningless. ... Because of these reasons, learning and integrating various education perspectives and projects from different ethnics will be promoted thus demonstrate my abilities as a teache...

• Word Count: 1833
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to Rogoff (2003) "what they do depends in important ways on the cultural meaning given to the events and the social and institutional supports provided in their communities for learning and carrying out specific roles in the activities " (p. 6). ... Rogoff (2003) makes the points that: "Interpreting the activity of people without regard for their meaning system and goals renders observations meaningless. ... Because of these reasons, learning and integrating various education perspectives and projects from different ethnics will be promoted thus demonstrate my abilities as a teache...

• Word Count: 1833
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When I migrated to the United States in May of 1999, I had great anticipation for the new turn my life would take, and also to finally get a start on my educational goals. ... I did not allow our living status to distract me from my personal and educational goals. ... By volunteering with Learning Leaders as a teacher's aid, I was able to help middle school kids, focus on their educational goals by helping them with projects and homework assignments. ... Working as a bookkeeper for three years has helped me lay the foundation for both my career and personal goals. ...

• Word Count: 482
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• Grade Level: High School

Both Boulding and Mead wanted to change society in their own ways, and they both ventured in male dominated careers in order to follow their goals. ... Her goal was to make Americans understand cultural anthropology in the same manner that they understood archaeology. ... She used cultural systems as of way of learning and transmitting information which led to changes in communication and social organization. ... Her ultimate goal was to initiate a dialogue between the research perspectives and the action, and she had to mediate between peace activists and peace researchers because each though...

• Word Count: 1072
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First, it examines the goals and techniques of CCT. ... Keegan (1999) states that the common goal of CCT is to teach members of one culture ways of interacting effectively in another culture. ... The goal is to improve their ability to deal effectively with customers, suppliers, bosses, and employees from other countries and region. ... (Keegan 1999, 82) Varieties of means have been used, such as language study, a trip to other countries, the use of workshop, learning case studies, role playing, and other exercises designed for developing critical skills. ... One of those is the requiremen...

• Word Count: 1402
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Getting the right form to address to people can be reached by learning the intonation used in different places. ... When doing an interpretation of these words it can be said that, by understanding traditions or determined social situations in culture, the goal of reaching successful interrelationship with native speakers of the language being taught is being attained. When teacher approximate students to the culture of the language they are learning, he/she is getting open minded people. ... The object of learning languages is getting the tools to communicate with other people around the wo...

• Word Count: 976
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• Grade Level: High School

Although critics of multicultural education may feel they have reasonable arguments against the issue, I feel that the goals of multicultural education make it an important part of the curriculum that every student should experience. ... With an awareness of the richness and variety of cultures in their community, and a personal emotional reaction, students can take social action, another goal of multicultural education (Noel, 270). ... I feel that these goals are proof that the arguments against multicultural education are untrue. ... Learning about the other people who share our community is...

• Word Count: 1011
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Thus students may develop a broader awareness of community at local, national, regional and global levels, and more successfully interact and engage across these levels; • multicultural education values the experiences and backgrounds of all students, staff and families, and draws upon these in a positive manner as a learning resource; • multicultural education affirms the right of all students to access important learning strategies and resources, as well as broader social resources, and promotes the ability of all students to contribute to the school community and to society;. &bul...

• Word Count: 2978
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Culture, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, is a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a company or corporation. ... Nonmaterial culture refers to the "values, beliefs, laws, morals, traditions and customs that define people's goals, aspirations, expectations, like...

• Word Count: 623
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Its two goals were to assess the content of the films and determine the size and composition of their audiences, and analyze the effects on those audiences of their exposures to the themes and messages of motion pictures (e.g. acquisition of information, change in attitudes, stimulation of emotions, harm to health, erosion of moral standards, and influence on conduct). ... Stoddard -concluded that movies provided a special learning format that led to unusually high retention of factual material (i.e. 8yr. ...

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Multicultural education also has a large variety of authors, so learning many different perspectives of one event, like World War 1 or World War 11 comes easy to choose an opinion on the topic. ... "The goal that Parini and others like him pursue is the transformation of the college classroom from a place of learning to a laboratory of indoctrination for social change (D"Souza 477)." ...

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Worse still, race and class are often the components leading to biased expectations, putting these students at a great disadvantage in learning and progressing through the educational system. ... When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. ...

• Word Count: 2650
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All of a sudden, an all white family arrives with their arrogant Baptist-Christian-American ideals and values, and their one goal is to change an entire people's way of life. ... The mission trip was also a learning experience in cultural diffusion for both peoples. ...

• Word Count: 786
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• Grade Level: High School

The word "management" is defined as "the process of administering and coordinating effectively and efficiently in an effort to achieve the goals of the organization." ... Once cannot expect to run a business and succeed without learning and respecting the cultures of other nationalities, faiths, or religions. ...

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In addition, mentoring allows the younger generation workers to learn about the organization's norms and goals so they can have longevity in the company. ... This is most evident during the Industrial Revolution period, when mill workers only knew how to do a job by learning hands on and not by sitting in a classroom listening to some other educated individual or studying it in a book of some kind. ... Learning a skill in these times would better prepare one for a job in the world but not a progressive job. ...

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When he travels from his natural and "uncivilized" world to that of a more modern and "civilized" one, he fears that he will not be accepted back into his community of fellow Native Americans on the reservation as he has lived in the civilized world, learning its values and vices, and perhaps conforming into it. ... "(276) The land that has many fruits to bare and animals to see, the land that has "..no hurry to get anywhere, no driving to keep up in a race that knows no ending and no goal....

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Multiculturalism emphasizes social distinctions and thus naturally it is discordant with the overall goal of achieving a common identity for Canadians. ... The end result is that each community is entangled to preserve its own cultures rather learning and appreciating the other cultures. ... Communities are so fragmented on the basis of race, ethnic, groups, and race that are impractical to imagine that they have a common goal of achieving national identity. ...

• Word Count: 2297
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Scholastic achievement is important to many Vietnamese and many are very strong and determined in achieving their goals. Their scholastic goals may be to finish a secondary education, or to attend a university and start their own business. ...

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Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Locke, 1986). ...

• Word Count: 5041
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Locke, 1986). ...

• Word Count: 5041
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• Grade Level: Graduate