As we have gone through this course the themes of what can define cultural diversity had continued to make its presence among us. Before we can define what multi-culturalism is we have to first start with what culture is in itself. During our time of taking this course, these themes, such as social organizations, traditions, languages, religions, and styles of government, have all been a part of what culture is as a whole. In this manner culture is able to encompass all of the themes listed prior, leading up to what multi-culturalism is: the practice or idea that someone or somewhere contains the basic yet continuous understandings and necessities of the knowledge, influence, and acceptance of multiple cultures including both one’s own culture …show more content…
One of these issues being the possibility of experiencing a “culture shock”. This would be from the results of having a lack of a more “realistic” education. It was never addressed to me until high school that I was considered a “White privileged American” as I though everyone was treated the same. One of the most common examples of this being that throughout our educational years we, as a generation, were taught that equality to everyone, regardless of ethnicity and gender, began after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We were misinformed about cultural differences, such as race, ever since the start of our preschool years (Tatum, 3). Withal this idea of having similarities can then affect Caucasians initial beliefs, in particular when being exposed to the placement of the minority of cultural aspects. Hinchey uses the example of teachers entering contrasted cultural backgrounds, stating “Generally, White teachers expect that their professional colleagues will look and sound like them, will share similar values, will define the purpose of education and will explain poor student performance in much the same ways. Only being deprived of unrecognized privileges that come with being part of a majority population nudges many Whites to notice the very …show more content…
Although teachers and professors are essential for students to strive beyond the shackles of senselessness, the act of shaming teachers has become popular due to their lack of effort to “cure social ills that no one knows how to treat” (Palmer, 3). Teachers trapped in these situations, such as those that work in underfunded schools, are then forced into the consistent loop of being removed from the system. As Hinchey explains the loop in detail: “(teachers who) work in underfunded schools where “reform” like high stakes testing ensure that a large percentage of students will fail, they are denied professional development, they are forced into using programs from publishers – and then they are blamed for the failure while the for-profit organizations plan to use the predetermined failure of students to eliminate teaching jobs” (Hinchey, 113). The struggles for beginning teachers in the work force in terms of preforming the needs of both the institutions required curriculum while expanding the usage of cultural diversity methods within the classroom is one where the end result could become either exceptional or
However, this general knowledge is not apparent to White people. Similar to microaggressions, John F. Dovidio discusses the concept of aversion racism, “a subtle, often unintentional form of bias that characterizes many White Americans who possess strong egalitarian values and who believe that they are nonprejudiced” (90). Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Sue both demonstrate from their research that Whites do not comprehend the impact of their unconscious biases. These biases towards students of colour in a white-based post-secondary school environment can result in stress and weak interracial relationships. This is an issue since the significance of these everyday actions are not fully recognized and acknowledged. I will elaborate on a variety of examples, specifically the influence of the peers, and
In this article, Byars-Winston and Fouad, seeks to assess the importance of cultural factors and their impact on multicultural value of career counseling from the perspective of a counselor. The authors further examine the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model and offer an expansion of the model through incorporating metacognitive processes. Culture is believed to play a significant role in one’s career decision making but the extent to which it does remains unknown. It is therefore imperative that career counselors try to understand
It is a well-known fact that students entering higher education increasingly lack the academic skills necessary to succeed in their collegiate endeavors. It goes without saying that this is largely due to the widespread substandard education provided by legions of mediocre teachers—teachers who deliver shoddy instruction due to their own innately inferior academic abilities. At least, these facts are what Notre Dame Professor of Philosophy Gary Gutting would have readers of The Chronicle of Higher Education believe in his article “Why College Is Not a Commodity.” Although he makes many points that, if true, would be damning of the elementary and secondary teaching professions, Gutting stops short of proving his arguments logically or empirically. He claims today’s budding K-12 teachers often come from the bottom of the heap academically, directly leading to poor teaching—yet he provides no research to back up this connection. Furthermore, Gutting attempts to provide a solution to this so-called travesty by recommending that teaching be “professionalized,” ignoring the already-present professional practices and standards present. Gutting’s critiques, though thought-provoking, ultimately are logically and statistically unsatisfying in both their explanations of the state of teacher qualifications and in their calls to action.
Canada is a cultural mosaic. Cultural mosaic is the mixture of different ethnic groups, languages and cultures that living in a society. Canada is one of the countries to declare multiculturism in the world as official state policy. This step showed the path to a resounding and evolving cultural mosaic premised on mutual respect for all the Canadian citizens of the different types of ethnic back ground. The roots of multiculturalism in Canada can be seen in the country's beginnings, as three establishing cultures aboriginal, British and French, who were soon joined by many more cultures from around the continents. Today this can be seen as a benchmark of Canadian national identity and a point of pride for Canadians. Even though of all this multiculturism right after the attacks of 9/11 in America a lot of Muslims who were gathered for praying in mosques and churches were attacked in Canada. Even Sikhs were attacked because they were perceived to be Muslims. Several Muslim schools were closed in major cities of Canada. Women were also attacked for their dressing (Faisal Kutty). History of African labor, Chinese labor, Aboriginal genocide and Japanese entombment are all forgotten over by propagandized multicultural progress, this has created a racialized logic which made it impossible for many Canadian citizens to recognize the racism taking place in the surrounding environment. So, racism is embedded in Canadians and can be seen in form of prejudice and discrimination at workplace.
In many low income communities, there are teachers that are careless and provide their students with poor quality education. These teachers are there just to make sure that they keep receiving their monthly paychecks and act in this way because they believe that low income students do not have the drive, the passion, or the potential to be able to make something of themselves and one day be in a better place than they are now. Anyon reveals that in working class schools student’s “Work is often evaluated not according to whether it is right or wrong but according to whether the children followed the right steps.” (3). This is important because it demonstrates that low income students are being taught in a very basic way. These children are being negatively affected by this because if they are always being taught in this way then they will never be challenged academically, which can play a huge role in their futures. This argument can also be seen in other articles. In the New York Times
These social inequalities that happen to affect the students are based on their race, social status and financial income. After researching, the article “On Being White”, shows that it is more common for an African American student to have a harder time at school and not have adequate teaching over a white American. The African American community in the United States are expected to fail and most likely end up in at or below the poverty line. A critical contribution to this all starts at a young age in terms of where they are placed no matter their gender to learn. Whether it be a public or private school a student should not have to be ranked and essentially stereotype based on their physical appearance (On Being White, Bruce, Allie Jane). Furthermore, social inequality within the education system is based on racism which compliments the conflict theory. The school should be based on the functional theory and it is ashamed that it isn’t because as much as African American students are more likely to fail and not have a future they are the more determined based on their history (Rethinking Anti-Racism and Equity Education, Rosina Agyepong). The nation 's goals should be to help educators identify and acknowledge the intentional and unintentional consequences of maintaining white supremacy within higher education, despite espoused efforts to dismantle
On average, minorities attend schools that have less-experienced, lower-paid teachers who are less likely to be certified, poor graduation records, and high poverty rates. Many studies suggest that racial diversity is the key to...
Teaching is a wildly contentious profession in America, one attacked and admired in equal measure. (Goldstein) Teachers are authority figures meant to educate students. To be educated means to remember an idea, having the ability to apply it, and to understand it. And because this exists, everything about the public schools; how they are staffed, funded, mainly how they are organized to do their work should be based within the best interests of the children. By examining history throughout teaching we can see the rise of teacher unions and the equality within the system.
A Multicultural are people of different cultures which co-exist within a city, neighborhood or a country but maintain their culture’s individuality (Hays & Gray, 2014).
The objective of this paper is to examine and appreciate the ways in which culture shape the way in terms of how we view the world and form relationship. As part of this exercise, I would be interviewing someone from the cultural group outside mine to acknowledge their culture in the area of language, dress, norms roles and traditions. This paper or project is aim to assist me to put into practice what I have learnt from the course concept of Understanding Diversity. Culture is that which define us; it molds our identity and has a great influence on our behavior.
Experiencing a society of multi-cultures is beneficial through a variety of concepts to epitomize each individual identity. A person may vary in the degree to which he or she identifies with, morals, or...
There are many pieces of evidence that can be examined to determine the failures and irreparable damage the public teacher unions have wrought upon on the American students. The reasons of their shortcomings, verified by experts in this field, are but are not limited to, low incentive for hard work and low probability of getting fired. Getting the power and influence of these organizations reduced is imperative to the success of the American education system. Education for the future generations of society should be one of America’s greatest priorities, yet why should students have to suffer the consequences of a broken system?
They suggested that teachers needed to go beyond practicing multiculturalism in the classroom, they need to embrace it as a modicum of everyday life and find ways to get involved in organizations and events that encourage social justice. The techniques suggested by the authors were realistic and easy to implement in the classroom. The authors acknowledge that though white educators will experience some difficulties in teaching cross-cultural courses, these difficulties should not discourage them from teaching multicultural content. This article should be a required reading for all multicultural courses because it can provide a sense of enlightenment for all students, regardless of their cultural backgrounds. It exposed some of the trials and tribulations that white professors’ experience, and even acknowledges some of the thoughts that I would have as a black student being taught by a white professor. I think having this article as a required reading will impact white students by making them consciously aware of their white privilege and will influence them to explore it and their racial identity. For students of other ethnic backgrounds, it will help us to better understand the perspective of white people, and teach us how to better communicate with them so that they too may understand our
The thing about multicultural education that surprised me the most was how much opposition there is to multicultural education. I would think, by now, people would be able to see how unbalanced the current educational curriculum is and welcome the inclusion of aspects from other cultures. I have read arguments ranging from, multicultural education is inherently racist to multicultural education promotes Islam and is indoctrinating our youth with terrorist ideas. Like most hot button issues in this country, people in positions of power will use everything possible, including fear-mongering, to further their agenda.
In his article “The Failure of Multiculturalism”, Kenan Malik uses the diverse European culture to study and explain the irony of multiculturalism. He defines multiculturalism as “the embrace of an inclusive, diverse society” (Malik 21). Integration between cultures is practically inevitable, but several nations view this as a threat towards upholding their culture. Due to this, many countries have made attempts at properly integrating new people and ideas while trying to prevent the degradation of their own. This can result in unjust regulations and the reverse effect of an intended multicultural society.