Acculturation

In Female Arab Students’ Experience of Acculturation and Cultural Diversity upon Accessing Higher Education in the Northern Galilee-Israel, a research study by Brenda Geiger states that first generation Arab women left their villages temporarily in the Northern Galilee to access higher education…

sense, black activities and intellectuals from the Harlem ghetto resemble them. They are human beings full of hunger, disease and fear which situate their condition not in ancient Africa or Europe but America as limbo itself. Having experienced acculturation or alienation, the black ex-slaves become neither African nor European in outlook. Their sad king or leader named Doris (“I” in this verse) is “Shape without form, shade without colour”. He lives in exile at a place of humiliation and…

Interview Based on the cultural influences, I chose to do this interview in an immigrant family which child live with her family, but a working aboard father. This interview will consider the information which is provided by Ages & Stages Questionnaires. I completed these worksheets on October 24th, 2016. Based on the ASQ, I asked Tianna’s mom some questions about the cultural influences. Some immigrants want to keep their native culture that they would like to teach their children. As what I…

Unfortunately the statistics in this domain too paint a grim picture. Results indicate that ‘Indigenous Australians have considerably lower numeracy and literacy levels than the non-Indigenous population, significantly higher school absenteeism rates, and lower school completion outcomes’ (Bandias et al., 2013, cited in Cuervo et al., 2015, p.8). Additionally, the situation in regional and remote communities is even worse. On the one hand there is a general decline in the quality of education in…

Psychological tests applied in South Africa were standardized for the white population, and applied without any adaptation to the very different context in the country; Factors, such as culture, language, socio-economic status, education and levels of acculturation of the South African population were ignored (Bedell et al, 1999).Test results were used to justify racial differences and entrench the idea of white superiority in relation to other groups. In the 1930's and 1940's tests…

have!” (177). While Arthur is fully responsible for his actions, his parents’ influence on his mentality is undeniable. Whether or not his parents explicitly taught him that his behavior was acceptable, their actions taught him that they were nonetheless. And Helen, recognizing that it is the responsibility of the current generation to undo the damage done by the previous, seeks to correct these errors, but does so under the assumption that it is the sole responsibility of the women to do so. In…

Latoshia Johnson Child Abuse and Neglect; The effect of proper training University of North Carolina at Pembroke There are critical roles that social workers play in the child welfare system nationwide. The well being of children and their families are protected, especially the ones that are in desperate need. There is a total of 702,000 children that have experienced some type of abuse and neglect in the home. Most children under the age of five will experience some type of…

BenQ, a Taiwanese-based company, grabbed the headlines all over the world on June 7, 2005 when it acquired Siemens Mobile, a lose making mobile phone division of Germany’s Siemens and later launched the brand, BenQ-Siemens. Subsequently the acquisition proved to be a strategic mistake, as the two companies could not successfully integrate. In October 2006 BenQ-Siemens filed for bankruptcy in a Munich court, surprising every one. This sparked a debate in Germany over whether BenQ had acquired…

Culture Health Practice: Puerto Rico What is culture? Culture carries a different meaning for different ethnicities. Generally, culture means a set of values, standards, beliefs, art and practices shared by a particular group. Puerto Rico, being the third largest island in the United States, resides 3.548 million citizens with Hispanic/Latino being the primary ethnicity group. Although some people confuse Hispanic/Latino as being two separate ethnicities, they are fairly the same and share…

The Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy had a significant impact on their area of origin, upstate New York, and parts of the surrounding Northeast U.S.. The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora peoples comprised the Six Nations of the Confederacy after 1722. Their importance on the original American frontier varied throughout the decades of their prominence. However, during the onset of the American Revolution, the Iroquois faced a deeply troubling and confederacy…