Diversity

have varying levels of abilities in their learning skills. Teachers also need to foster an environment in which all children, including those with disabilities, feel welcome and wanted. One way to accomplish this, is by treating disabilities as diversity. The children’s book chosen for this assignment, Special People, Special Ways,…

all important when giving care to patients. When ethnic, gender, and generational diversity in the workforce is missing, there can be great health disparities. There is an importance in having a diverse workforce in the nursing field for nurses to provide quality care to people from different cultures and ethnic groups (Michigan Nurse, 2015, p.7-8). With diversity, there are barriers. One aspect of workforce diversity is gender in the nursing workforce. Nursing is still seen as a “woman’s job”,…

tremendously. Students live in multicultural homes. They live in communities that are surrounded by racial tensions, violence and lack of diversity. Their lives are influenced by the positive and negative things that are happening around them. Children begin forging their opinions of the world at an early age. Because of this, schools need to be more inclusive and promote diversity. These discussions can start by pointing out the differences between families, ethnicity and origin. According to…

defined in many different ways as every person may have a different perspective of what justice truly is. Valuing diversity and challenging injustice are two key features that can help to define what justice may be. These two features can help a person to have a better understanding of what justice may be and what the good of a just society can do for it’s people. To value diversity is a large issue in today’s world. To not value a person just because they are different than what a given…

Diversity in any type of organization is beneficial for all individuals involved to include top management to the ground employees. Having diversity in a workplace encourages tolerance, acceptance and more rounded place for all employees to work for. It gives persons the ability to grow and to also go up the ladder in the company. Diversity in the military has always been a problem involving women and minorities, but in the last decade there has been a real focus on the lack of minorities in…

begin with, in this journal I will be be discussing my observations referring to diversity made at Indian Mounds Elementary while volunteering. First of all, I am in a preschool class of fourteen students. The teacher, is well organized and always has a set schedule. He also does a great job promoting diversity as well as helping the children learn. My main focus in this observation was the eight aspects of diversity. The first one is Cultural which according to the textbook is social values,…

What is diversity? The definition diversity is “showing a great deal of variety; very different.” To me, the American culture is made of diversity. “American” is not a culture of its own. “American” is a culture made up of a variety of other cultures. I have interviewed three people: a missionary who lived in Argentina for twenty-nine years, a first generation American, and a man who was in the military stationed in Germany for many years. I have asked each of my interviewees to answer this…

in more women and minorities as congresspersons. Increasing the diversity in Congress is an important goal, both because having descriptive representation increases people’s confidence in Congress, as well as because having more diverse backgrounds and personal experiences in Congress increases the diversity of bills that are introduced on the floor (Schildkraut, Sept. 22). Currently – thanks to recent attempts to increase diversity in Congress –20 percent of congresspersons are women, while 8.9…

class, sub-working. For the last 5 years, while I have worked, I haven’t had a paid job. Being able to stay home and raise my children has been more rewarding then receiving a weekly paycheck. Living in Muskoka, I live among a large economic diversity. We have some that live in geared to income housing, as…

Diversity is defined as the quality or state of having many different forms, types, cultures, and more. Being from a diverse environment is considered to be a valuable characteristic where one can acknowledge and accept the differences in others. This person whom had experience diversity is capable of being tolerant and open with others while one maintains their own opinion firmly. Therefore many different people are able to respect and look up to those who came from a diverse environment, or…