Cultural competence

Revolutionary pedagogy: “Highest Directives” in textbook The textbooks in the era of Cultural Revolution provide a unique perspective to the establishment of Mao’s cult. Although generally regarded a presentation of academic background and kept at a distant from political turmoil, textbooks didn’t escape from the politicization during the Cultural Revolution; rather it bore witness to the Maoists’ attempt of upraising Mao Thought to an omnipresent, universal and unchallengeable place. Similar…

Little Saigon in Garden Grove has the highest population of Vietnamese living in the United States. In fact, it is the highest number of Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam. How did they retain their language and cultural practices virtually unchanged after they immigrated to the United States? The preserve their culture and traditions and continue to teach it to the following generations that follows. Although, some of the children are born here they are still fluent on their Vietnamese…

anthropology is the study of humans combining a biological and cultural perspective (MindEdge 1.05). Due to the complexity of humankind, anthropology can be broken down into four sub-fields; cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological/physical anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the study of how humans lived, and how their culture was handed down from generation to generation. Cultural anthropologists study a cultural society’s beliefs, ideals, artistic…

The Change A desire to create something new can cause a man to change his life. There are some people in the world who has had this happen to them. I wanted to talk about this because there are people on earth that have done this, I want to let people know what could happen if they did it and hopefully stop them from making a huge mistake. In the novel ¨Frankenstein¨ there is a character named Victor Frankenstein and he had a desire to create something new. He wanted to restore life to an…

isolated sites. If this event had taken place 100 years ago, it would have been weeks or even months before far off parts of the world was aware of it, if ever, they did become aware. However, in today’s world, news travels as it is happening. In “Cultural Anthropology”, Michael Ficsher is quoted as saying that: Contemporary ethnographic research must rework traditional notions of comparative work for a world that is both increasingly aware of difference and increasingly shaped by widespread…

"Where are you from?" People always ask this question when they are making friends. However, this is an embarrassing question for the immigrants because they come from their own countries physically, but they are Americans on the inside. They are struggling to either be Americanized or keep their own cultures. Then, it brings a puzzle to the immigrant parents: should they Americanize their children? In my opinion, Americanizing their children is not a good choice because it’s difficult for them…

staff and representatives, reports and statistics. Her aim is to explore whether wine tourism is a sustainable form of rural tourism and whether it can be used as a tool for economic development. Winery tourism gives tourists a general idea on how cultural tourism is presented. Moreover, the pie chart that I mentioned in my literature review signifies the share of the Canadian beverage…

Employees must also be involved in diversity management. Employee feedback and participation are pertinent to the success of any diversity program. Organizations must have three goals when it comes to employees; maximizing workplace satisfaction for all; retaining a world class workforce and maintaining an environment of lifetime learning. In order to achieve these goals, employers must actively seek formal and informal employee input. This can be done through the creation of affinity groups.…

The track that I chose for my final project is Biological Influences on Personality. The chosen topic is Temperament. Personality is used to determine the differences in behavior patterns. Our personalities are what makes us unique to everyone else. A person’s personality continues to develop throughout their life. One of the factors that influence our personality is our heredity. Heredity refers to the genetic inheritance we develop from our parents. Another influence on our personality is…

immigration process such as Milton Gordon’s “Assimilation in America: Theory and Reality” which will contribute the concepts “Anglo-conformity” and “cultural pluralism” as they assist Yezierska’s directive of assimilation in America. “Spatial Patterns of Immigrant Assimilation” written by James P. Allen and Eugene Turner will propose the significance of “cultural assimilation” constructing Sara’s identity through a culture that expresses a wealthy lifestyle in terms of success. Joane Nagel’s…