Acculturation

Parental Involvement Strategies for Culturally Diverse Schools Christina Tyner Education is a team effort in which school administration, teachers, parents and community must simultaneously support on another for academic achievement to show a sharp and steady increase. “Parents know their children best, are in the best position to inform schools about their children’s needs and capacities, and are deeply invested in their children’s success (Goodwin & King, 2002, p. 7).” In order to increase…

History Being Changed: Pearl Harbor, considered one of the most major military flaws in history, changed the course of World War II in its entirety and thus may have changed the history of the world. Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Naval genius and war hero that masterminded the attack under orders from his superiors. After spending years studying and traveling in the United States, he not only grew fond of the country, but also realized that invoking their wrath would be a major mistake on…

Japanese immigration to Brazil- a story of success marked by failures, persistence, and hard work. • Why Japan? Japan is rarely seen as central to the history of mass migration or imperial expansion, despite having been profoundly involved in both (Mack, 2010). An immigration of Japanese to Brazil started officially when the first ship Kasato Maru landed in the port of Santos in June 1908 (Sasaki, 2006). The beginning of a Japanese era in Brazil was influenced by two significant waves of…

The spiritual lives of indigenous people have long been of interest to outsiders, especially colonial occupiers. Indigenous spirituality, once evaluated as non-conforming to colonial powers’ pre-existing ideas of religion, was used as justification for the subjugation of indigenous peoples and the seizure of their lands. Interactions between the English and the Wampanoag, an indigenous nation whose members inhabit the eastern coast of what is now considered New England, can be categorized in…

INTRODUCTION The two major fall outs of cultural fissions are Acculturation and De culturation. Aculturation is defined as a positive stance, a comprehensive acceptance of the tenets of one culture into another, while De culturation is defined as, negative process, a dreadful distortion of one culture by another. It is not merely a clash causing of alienation, but it also affects the death of the spirit causing not merely a crisis of identity or existence, but denial of existence. Kamala…

There are different cultures, ethnicity, and background with the people around us each day. In health care, cultural diversity is very important. Nurses experience and encounter different types of people each day. Many of them have different values and beliefs, which we normally see or encounter. Purnell’s Model for Cultural Competence give health care professionals insights on adapting the concepts needed to give care for the patients. The 12 elements of Purnell’s model include heritage,…

Introduction The non-clinical cross-cultural interview for this project was completed with a grandfather of an associate. My participant was the associate’s grandfather, and her grandfather is a youthful-looking 102 years old veteran, married male, who identifies as Filipino. In addition, he has been “happily” married for 73 years. When asked how did he manage to have a healthy and happy marriage; he responded by stating, “they did not drink, smoke, and always honest.” My interview process was…

(Wehbe-Alamah, 2008) which is great for the economy as decreased hospital stays results in decreased funds spent. Personal Appraisal Barriers It is wrong to assume that all members of a cultural group follow the same universal values and norms, as acculturation and enculturation processes play a role in the level of adherence to cultural principles (Wehbe-Alamah, 2008). This is why nurses need to be knowledgeable about specific cultures, so they can perform individual cultural assessments…

In numerous cultures worldwide, being homosexual is not actively accepted. One culture in which this is true is, in fact my own. Both of my parents are from Nigerian culture, and our religion is Assemblies of God. These two facts about my family are two reasons why my homosexual sister, Sarah, is somewhat of a concern. The Assemblies of God faith completely rejects the idea of homosexuality. According to Pew Research Center, the Assemblies of God church, the largest Pentecostal denomination,…

many academic scholars and researchers have given great attention to the breakdown of the Native American culture. Ancient traditions that were once part of everyday life is slowly fading away for many amongst this group of people as a result of acculturation and assimilation. This paper seeks to explore the book, “Genocide of the Mind,” written by, Marijo Moore, in order to gain a better understanding of the genocide of Native American identity. This paper will also explore the hardships and…