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    Teaching is a very rewarding career if you learn and understand how to work with the diversity of the classrooms we teach in. As teachers, we need to be more vigilant of where are students come from. Before we can teach we need to know who we are teaching and what background, knowledge, and customs they bring with them to the classroom. We must also be aware of the factors that are relevant to the academic achievement of the students we currently teach. There are many of these factors, but I want

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    I believe Cultural diversity the theme throughout Mr. Walker’s presentation or at least the melody tried to educate us on the fact there’s cultural diversity of the Appalachian region. Thankfully, I know he did that for me. To this day, I don’t know where I developed this believe that Appalachia was a community made up of only white Kentuckian’s but I did. The sad part is I didn’t realize until I listened to his presentation and that’s when I got what Oprah calls the “aha” moment. You know, the moment

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    system within America reflects increasing numbers of cultural diversity and awareness. According to Holloway (2004), cultural awareness is defined as the deliberate, cognitive process by which health care providers become appreciative of and sensitive to the values, beliefs, practices, and problem solving strategies of the clients’ cultures. Cultural awareness include an examination of one’s personal biases. In order to understand cultural diversity, individuals must strive to acknowledge the prejudices

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    that someone make the effort to guide them throughout the process, even when the 80% of the students knew that they had other options than the magnet school. The neighborhood school had a schoolwide program as their curriculum because of the diverse cultural backgrounds. Not every student learns the same way, or organizes their work the same, they needed to be inclusive. The 20% of the students that chose Scott Magnet School were probably struggling to achieve, since the requirements were totally different

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    When the educators were asked to provide any additional comment on this topic, three of the educators did not provide any comment and other two educators provided some comments. These comments included emphasising the importance of cultural inclusion in Australian early childhood education setting (Appendix 9) and how the communication difficulty with CALD parents are linked to children's school readiness and transition to school challenges (Appendix 8). 4.3 Interview with Korean parent From the

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    definition of global diversity should encompass an understanding of the differences between cultures and foster internal diversity. Support from top management and clearly communicating the business requirements for diversity and inclusion practices are also important. 4.2 Best Practices Leadership Commitment Diversity begins at the top and because of this it is important that the leadership of Coca Cola is committed to embracing, celebrating, and empowering diversity in order to get the rest

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    These people need to know they are not alone, and there are resources available for them. Due to culture and language diversity in large number of immigrants, the workshops will have interpreters during the sessions. The focus points of each workshop are mainly sharing information and resources, solving problems, managing stress, balancing work and home, building skills,

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    Racial and ethnic groups tend to vary in their death beliefs and practices. While some racial and ethnic groups are fairly similar in terms of their practices and beliefs surrounding death, others can be quite different. This can be challenging for healthcare professionals who have different beliefs than their patients regarding death. By understanding different groups, it can be beneficial to all individuals, and especially to individuals in healthcare institutions. Buddhism is quite unique in

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    Cultural Diversity Research Paper Amiah DeWolf In America, as well as other countries, many people face judgement because of gender roles. A gender role is explained as how man or woman is supposed to act; girls are supposed to be petite and cute while men get to act like animals and be exceptionally muscular. Oppositions to this status quo, especially in the past, were met by judgement and criticism. However, I firmly believe that equality is on the brink of finally coming about, but progress

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    Culture is the set of shared attitudes, beliefs, values, goals and practices that characterizes a group. (ALHT 109-105 Cultural Diversity PowerPoint) The purpose of this paper is to provide information about the Korean family structure, religious beliefs, personal space and health care beliefs. Korean’s family structure is well oriented. Traditionally, children become indebted to their parents once born. Many beliefs lie behind filial duty; meaning you treat your parents with respect and see your

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