Cultural diversities within Universities.
Throughout this paper, I will examine and research about cultural diversities in universities. The aim of this paper is to discover how students adapt to new cultures when they come to a new space which is the university. I will research and explore the challenges they face in coming to a new environment and having to learn new cultures, these challenges may include broad cultures, different languages and ways of teaching. The research will be based globally to local universities in South Africa for example Rhodes University.
Cultural diversity is mostly noticed or acknowledged in this 21st century because of diversity in cultures and how they affect social …show more content…
With the issue of cultural diversities in universities the institutions world-wide have advised approaches that are innovative with regard to teaching a cultural diverse students. Nelson (1996) and Ofori-Dankwa and Lane (2000) speculate the ideas or approaches to cultural diversity that may accommodate all students within the institution, one of the approaches include cultural brochure projects which will be beneficial to students while studying and adapting to the culture within the new environment. Nelson (1996) suggested an approach that worked on his study and research within universities as he lectured one, he states that students who for example are migrants or international are regarded as non-traditional students within the institution and the minority were unsuccessful based on their performances in traditionally taught courses. Nelson (1996) used an approach where he required students to write in English in order to arrive to a solution and that improved some of their poor …show more content…
For an example Rhodes University is seen as a diverse institution and the university has to accommodate every different kind of cultural diverse since every student arrives with different culture or belief. The diversity within students maybe their cultural understandings and languages for instance some will be Xhosa speaking, Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho and many while others are international students that have no main ideas of the cultures in South Africa. All these diversity of cultures have to be maintained to create one big culture that everyone adapt
Throughout this paper, I will examine and research about cultural diversities in universities. The aim of this paper is to discover how students adapt to new cultures when they come to a new space which is the university. I will research and explore the challenges they face in coming to a new environment and having to learn new cultures, these challenges may include broad cultures, different languages and ways of teaching. The research will be based globally to local universities in South Africa for example Rhodes University.
Cultural diversity is mostly noticed or acknowledged in this 21st century because of diversity in cultures and how they affect social …show more content…
With the issue of cultural diversities in universities the institutions world-wide have advised approaches that are innovative with regard to teaching a cultural diverse students. Nelson (1996) and Ofori-Dankwa and Lane (2000) speculate the ideas or approaches to cultural diversity that may accommodate all students within the institution, one of the approaches include cultural brochure projects which will be beneficial to students while studying and adapting to the culture within the new environment. Nelson (1996) suggested an approach that worked on his study and research within universities as he lectured one, he states that students who for example are migrants or international are regarded as non-traditional students within the institution and the minority were unsuccessful based on their performances in traditionally taught courses. Nelson (1996) used an approach where he required students to write in English in order to arrive to a solution and that improved some of their poor …show more content…
For an example Rhodes University is seen as a diverse institution and the university has to accommodate every different kind of cultural diverse since every student arrives with different culture or belief. The diversity within students maybe their cultural understandings and languages for instance some will be Xhosa speaking, Zulu, Afrikaans, Sesotho and many while others are international students that have no main ideas of the cultures in South Africa. All these diversity of cultures have to be maintained to create one big culture that everyone adapt