Abstract
Diversity has become the basis of enhancing the learning experience for many students as it represents the difference between individuals and groups. Diversity represents the uniqueness of individuals based on a variety of other factors. A lack of diversity in an academic environment would create ethnocentricity, the idea that your own ethnic group is superior to someone else 's. Diversity creates a willful understanding of demographics in relation to age, ethnicity, race, gender, language and culture, sexual orientation and a lot of other differences that make one different. The classroom represents the setting for which students develop the practice of critical thinking, challenging their own views against others and discovering …show more content…
It provides the basis for enhancing the needs of society and contributes to the enrichment of the educational experience. Diversity seeks to challenge stereotyped preconceptions, fosters respect, and engages critical thinking amongst groups while strengthening communities and society.
The goals, educational pursuits, and endeavors may differ per student; however, the common purpose of engaging and enhancing diversity in the classroom remains constant. The need for diversity in the educational setting was first evident in what came to be known as a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court which declared state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954).
Racial and cultural barriers can be transformed through diversity, as people as a whole become more educated about people from diverse backgrounds, learning to communicate and interact effectively. When a student of a different culture enters a classroom of other students whose ethnicity and cultural background differs from their own, the cultivation of diversity begins. This experience broadens belief systems and perspectives different than our own. Intellectual exchange takes place in the classroom. This collective exchange promotes the personal growth and development of student learning experience combining unique talents
Diversity has become the basis of enhancing the learning experience for many students as it represents the difference between individuals and groups. Diversity represents the uniqueness of individuals based on a variety of other factors. A lack of diversity in an academic environment would create ethnocentricity, the idea that your own ethnic group is superior to someone else 's. Diversity creates a willful understanding of demographics in relation to age, ethnicity, race, gender, language and culture, sexual orientation and a lot of other differences that make one different. The classroom represents the setting for which students develop the practice of critical thinking, challenging their own views against others and discovering …show more content…
It provides the basis for enhancing the needs of society and contributes to the enrichment of the educational experience. Diversity seeks to challenge stereotyped preconceptions, fosters respect, and engages critical thinking amongst groups while strengthening communities and society.
The goals, educational pursuits, and endeavors may differ per student; however, the common purpose of engaging and enhancing diversity in the classroom remains constant. The need for diversity in the educational setting was first evident in what came to be known as a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court which declared state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954).
Racial and cultural barriers can be transformed through diversity, as people as a whole become more educated about people from diverse backgrounds, learning to communicate and interact effectively. When a student of a different culture enters a classroom of other students whose ethnicity and cultural background differs from their own, the cultivation of diversity begins. This experience broadens belief systems and perspectives different than our own. Intellectual exchange takes place in the classroom. This collective exchange promotes the personal growth and development of student learning experience combining unique talents