1. Identify a technology that has resulted in cultural change: Computers are a technology that has resulted in a cultural change. 2. Which aspects of culture changed the most? Computers have changed the norms of our culture the most. It has done this in that way that students no longer have to be on a school/college campus to be enrolled and considered a student. Students can do the same work from the leisure of their home on their personal commuters. It has changed the work place as well, instead…
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an idea of how they have to act when arriving, what not to do, what not to say, etc. Therefore, I feel as if immigrants in this country create their own identity in any country they migrate to and are able to be accepted in society due to their cultural norms being altered by media and early immigration to a country. This has allowed many different cultures in the world to adapt to many different cultures such Russian, Basque, and Irish and of course American cultures. As I said before one of the…
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different cultures and beliefs. As nurses, it is important to be familiar and sensitive to the ideas and beliefs of others in order to provide the best and most competent care. Concepts Related to Cultural Diversity in Nursing Culture is defined as “the learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms and lifeway practices of a particular group that guide thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways” (Leininger, 1988, p.158). Diversity refers to “the state of having people who are different…
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multicultural due to the countless differences and attributes within the human population. The authors also call for the use of the optimal approach in multicultural counseling. The optimal approach pertains to the concept of considering the three aspects of cultural specificity, individual uniqueness and human universality in counseling. Speight et al. (1991) then highlights the two less-than-optimal approaches to multicultural counseling, which are the etic approach (universal) and the emic approach (culturally…
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rest of society and controlled by an administrative staff. Socialization The lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture Deviance : the recognized violation of cultural norms. Social foundations of Deviance : Varies according to cultural norms, people become deviant as others deFine them that way and the way people define stiuations involve social power. Medicalization of Deviance. (In other words, How has it been medicalized or de-medicalized?) :…
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ethnicity and therefore creating a variety of ethnic groups. b) The education system encourages ethnic separation in three main ways, number one being the ethnocentric curriculum, meaning schools layout the curriculum to involve predominantly white cultural learning which can cause a separation between the pupils of different ethnicities as Troyna and Williams found. Another way could be the selection and segregation process involved in schools as David Gillborn found, marketization has let schools…
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positions that it is a certainty that professionals need to identify appropriate programs for the population to lead successful lives. The article draws on the literature and research findings therein to imply that the issue of discrimination towards people with mental or physical disabilities effects the overall population. Theories are contributed into the paper to validate interventions strategies used in projects for societies to gain cultural competency. Keywords: Disability, Self-Efficient Life,…
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another. Speaking or expressing ourselves is a cultural act having the potential to be misinterpreted in intercultural situations. Although included in language teaching, culture has no consistent definition. Our assumption about culture affects the way we teach and learn about it. It is challenging to identify an approach to culture teaching within languages to achieve educational goals. Static culture views cultural knowledge as facts or artefacts. Cultural lesson is like providing pieces of information…
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Developing Cultural Identity Much is to be said about a bilingual learner developing cultural identity. But to understand how cultural identity id developed, we must first understand what cultural identity is. Cultural identity can be defined as the uniqueness of a group, culture, or individual, as influenced by a person’s belonging to a group or culture (afs.org). So what happens, then, when a person, specifically a language-learning student, suddenly feels a clash between two different cultures…
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critical reflection on how cultural self-awareness is an important component of cultural intelligence. Firstly we will look at defining what exactly cultural self awareness and cultural intelligence is and then we will critically discuss how and why cultural self-awareness assists people to become more culturally intelligent through knowledge, experience and behaviour. The National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) states that Cultural awareness is a major element of cultural competence and defines…
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