Diversity in Society

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Diversity in Society

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Equity, Equitable

• Equity
• Justness, Impartiality
• Equitable
• Just, Fair

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Discrimination

• Discriminate
• Distinguish, Differentiate
• To make a distinction in favor of or against one
  person or thing as compared with others.

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Diversity
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Diversity

• The wide range of differences among people,
  families, and communities based on their cultural
  and ethnic backgrounds.
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Some Issues Related To Diversity

• Language
• Individual and Group Expectations
• Individual and Group Behaviors
• Religious Practices and Beliefs

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Culture
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Elements of Culture

• Language and dialects
• Non-verbal communication
• Values and behavioral styles
• Awareness of ones own cultural distinctiveness
• Identification with a way of life

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Culture

• Socially transmitted ways of thinking, believing,
  feeling, and acting within a group of people that
  are passed from one generation to the next.
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Culture and Society

• How is culture communicated?
• Enculturation
• The process of learning the characteristics of
  the culture of the group to which one belongs.
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Culture and Society

• Is it possible for an individual or group to
  enter into another culture?
• Assimilation
• A process by which an immigrant or culturally
  distinct group is incorporated into the dominate
  culture.
• Acculturation
• The process of learning the cultural patterns of
  the dominate culture.

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Culture and Society

• Cultural Pluralism
• The maintenance of cultures parallel and equal to
  the dominate culture of society.
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Is it possible for an individual to belong to one
or more groups?
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Cultural Identity

• Interaction of membership in multiple groups
• Influence of one group to another
• Bicultural and Multicultural

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Cultural Identity

• Membership in multiple micro-cultural groups help
  to define our individual cultural identity.

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Is it possible to identify ones own cultural
patterns?
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Characteristics of the U.S. Culture

• Universal education and literacy for all citizens
  is valued
• Individualism and freedom
• Taking charge of ones own destiny
• Mass communications, technology
• A job or career
• Mobility

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Characteristics of the U.S. Culture

• Achievement and success is highly valued
• Possessions
• Work hard (careers)
• Play hard (vacations)
• Associations of common interests

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Cultural Identity of the United States
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More Issues

• Socioeconomic
• Social Stratification
• Class Structure
• Poverty
• Exceptionalities
• Inclusion
• Religion

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Language

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Do these issues affect students in school?
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What is Educations Perspective
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Equity, Equitable (Revisited)

• Equity
• Justness, Impartiality
• Equitable
• Just, Fair

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Discrimination (Revisited)

• Discriminate
• Distinguish, Differentiate
• To make a distinction in favor of or against one
  person or thing as compared with others.

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Education and Diversity in Society (KEY THOUGHT)

• Cultural backgrounds and experiences need to be
  respected and reflected in all aspects of the
  education process.
• Translation of this reality into educational
  practice leads to different strategies and
  outcomes.

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Geography and its Influence

• Rural
• Suburban
• Urban

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What can be done?
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