The study written by Rosemary Traore entitled: Cultural Connections: An Alternative to Conflict Resolution. Traore started off by appropriately quoting Johnson & Johnson (1996) who opined that because we are living in a multilingual setting a mixture of different languages (written or spoken) conflicts are sometimes inevitable. Many times, in our homes and schools we tend to try to solve our differences by implementing conflict resolution strategies to resolve the issues we are experiencing. However according to Johnson & Johnson (1996) we should encourage educators and all other stakeholders to be sensitized to the other cultures so as to minimize the differences. Oftentimes there are conflicts sometimes cultural ones, occurs when we do
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Here in Antigua and Barbuda its often referred to as the “melting Pot” of the Caribbean the different cultures that exist here includes people from China, Syria, Guyana, Jamaica, Dominica, America, St. Kitts, St, Vincent, Nigeria among others. These tend to outshine the natives that are here. The born Antiguans tend to have a lot of preconceived thoughts about the other cultures and so once you are from a particular country you are expected to behave a certain way and that causes conflicts between the groups. In Jamaica, we can find conflicts arising from a cultural perspective as well as within communities. PALS, Jamaica was founded in 1994, originally PALS stood for Peace and Love in Schools. However, in March 2014, the organization was renamed PALS…Peace and Love in Society. PALS aims to influence positive changes in behavior through teaching alternative dispute resolution techniques (PALS Jamaica 1994).
As a means of sensitizing each other to different cultures Traore examined connecting African and African American students. In order to do this a film entitled: “The Language you cry in: The story of a Mende Song” was shown to both groups of students. The purpose of this film was to reintroduce the two groups to each other. After viewing each group left with a better understanding of each other, with the basis being to identify what they have in common with each other and working
Here in Antigua and Barbuda its often referred to as the “melting Pot” of the Caribbean the different cultures that exist here includes people from China, Syria, Guyana, Jamaica, Dominica, America, St. Kitts, St, Vincent, Nigeria among others. These tend to outshine the natives that are here. The born Antiguans tend to have a lot of preconceived thoughts about the other cultures and so once you are from a particular country you are expected to behave a certain way and that causes conflicts between the groups. In Jamaica, we can find conflicts arising from a cultural perspective as well as within communities. PALS, Jamaica was founded in 1994, originally PALS stood for Peace and Love in Schools. However, in March 2014, the organization was renamed PALS…Peace and Love in Society. PALS aims to influence positive changes in behavior through teaching alternative dispute resolution techniques (PALS Jamaica 1994).
As a means of sensitizing each other to different cultures Traore examined connecting African and African American students. In order to do this a film entitled: “The Language you cry in: The story of a Mende Song” was shown to both groups of students. The purpose of this film was to reintroduce the two groups to each other. After viewing each group left with a better understanding of each other, with the basis being to identify what they have in common with each other and working