Multicultural

Introduction The history of Canadian immigrations begins in late 15th century by European explorers (Knowles, 2007). Today, around 250 thousand people from all over the world move to Canada as a refugee or an immigrant each year (Statistics Canada, 2011). Many of these newcomers may feel like strangers in the process of initially settling down in Canada. They may face prejudice and discrimination, language barriers, employment issues regarding to skill discounting and foreign credentials…

variety of student needs. Inclusive teaching pedagogies must be combined alongside an awareness of “multicultural group dynamics”, hence if failing to consider group dynamics in relation student social backgrounds and multicultural identities it will bypass the true potential of student centric teaching and socially just education (Hackman, 2005, p107). However, despite failing to consider the multicultural backgrounds of my students, I did incorporate learning activities that were accessible to…

1. Racial and ethnic groups are not always integrated throughout the school curriculum. What are some ways in which you can integrate the racial and ethnic background of your students into the curriculum? How can you learn more about the ethnic and racial groups that may be represented in your future classroom? To integrate racial and ethnic background of students into the curriculum, I can expand the lessons of different cultures and their perspectives with role models of different…

putting them into practice. Being in the helping profession is more than just seeing clients and applying your techniques to help them. An individual in the helping profession needs to have multicultural competence to be an all-round effective counselor. A counselor cannot consider himself or herself to have multicultural competence if they only read the material. A counselor needs to participate and engage in an environment where they can achieve competence working with a diverse group. Reading…

While test interpretation could be complicated, when it comes to multicultural issues within test interpretation we face many problems. Initially the availability of a reliable or adequate test for the bilingual population is rarely possible, and there will probably never be a perfect test to assess this population. There are many tests available in Spanish but due to the wide variation of the language from person to person, many challenges arise. For those people who speak other languages than…

letter to the editor document exhibited some very biased opinions on immigration, American culture and cultural immersion in America. The author of this letter stated that the view of a multicultural America “has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity”. I suggest the author meant that a multicultural American has weakened the United States political power or sovereignty and the identity of America. Although that is not necessarily true, America is considered the “Melting…

I have always been surrounded by Hispanic culture, but I have never been a part of it. Growing up in El Paso, Texas, I was raised in a community with multicultural influences. I would hear Spanish being spoken, but it was always from a distance. Moreover, even though it is part of my own Puerto Rican heritage, I did not grow up in a household that spoke Spanish. It wasn’t until I transferred to Texas Tech University that my interest in Hispanic culture expanded and became my focus. I was…

general gave him credibility to speak about this topic without him saying anything. Obama appeals to the audience logically by comparing himself to past presidents with known historical facts and also comparing war and peace. Since he talks about a multicultural background, he gains the integrity to talk about a diverse and unified America to the audience. Lastly, he uses pathos by using a forgiving quality and constantly talking about hope and change. Both used the tools he had in the right…

Knowledge are the “Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.” Knowledge can be divided into two parts, which are personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Shared knowledge is acquired through media such as the internet, books or television or through another person such as a teacher or professor, hence shared knowledge is the knowledge a group of people share. Whereas personal knowledge is obtained through…

text represents the dissolution of immigrant families. This paper will firstly introduce the concept of intertextuality and how it is present in this text, then it will focus on the Mexican legend in the story, and finally, it will discuss the multicultural aesthetic of the piece. The Cariboo Café is seasoned with intertextuality and peppered with references to real life events that impacted the lives of Central American immigrants residing in the United States. Intertextuality, “the complex…