Introduction
On Tuesday August 25, 2015, the Social Work Cultural competencies self-assessment was taken to measure the test taker’s level of cultural competencies. This pre-test introduced different cultural groups and their diverse social and economic issues that was new information to the test taker. Cultural awareness and ten popular groups such as first nation peoples, European Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Muslims, Women, LGBT persons, persons with disabilities, and older adult were divided into different test questions. There were certain questions about these groups that were not clear to the reader. Therefor the results from this pre-test left the test taker with surprises, developed feelings and emotions, and thoughts about past events and situations.
Surprises
There were a few surprises when taking this pretest. A few of the questions that were pertaining to Cultural awareness were surprising because of the strong vocabulary that was used. Especially the vocabulary used in question number six on page thirty-five which uses the words intersectionality and …show more content…
The questions about the Latino people were easier to answer because of my Latino background and culture. Growing up in a Latino family and witnessing the issues of some family members who did not have legal documentation helped me understand what the questions were asking. Also distinguishing other Latino cultures is not an issue to me because of my family being from two different places, Puerto Rico and Panama. My family played a huge part on my understanding of other Latino cultures. They taught me traditions from both sides of the family although some were similar in a way. Another thing is the advantage of speaking Spanish and learning the different ways other Latino Cultures say things. Knowing this information helped me answers the questions on
On Tuesday August 25, 2015, the Social Work Cultural competencies self-assessment was taken to measure the test taker’s level of cultural competencies. This pre-test introduced different cultural groups and their diverse social and economic issues that was new information to the test taker. Cultural awareness and ten popular groups such as first nation peoples, European Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Muslims, Women, LGBT persons, persons with disabilities, and older adult were divided into different test questions. There were certain questions about these groups that were not clear to the reader. Therefor the results from this pre-test left the test taker with surprises, developed feelings and emotions, and thoughts about past events and situations.
Surprises
There were a few surprises when taking this pretest. A few of the questions that were pertaining to Cultural awareness were surprising because of the strong vocabulary that was used. Especially the vocabulary used in question number six on page thirty-five which uses the words intersectionality and …show more content…
The questions about the Latino people were easier to answer because of my Latino background and culture. Growing up in a Latino family and witnessing the issues of some family members who did not have legal documentation helped me understand what the questions were asking. Also distinguishing other Latino cultures is not an issue to me because of my family being from two different places, Puerto Rico and Panama. My family played a huge part on my understanding of other Latino cultures. They taught me traditions from both sides of the family although some were similar in a way. Another thing is the advantage of speaking Spanish and learning the different ways other Latino Cultures say things. Knowing this information helped me answers the questions on