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    When you hear the name Australia, what do you think of? Do you think of animals like kangaroos and koalas? Do you possibly think of famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House or famous people like Steve Irwin and the band AC/DC? The country of Australia is not just big cities, Sydney and Melbourne. In his book In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson shows the many forms of diversity in both the people who live there and the fauna of the country, which he explains using his humor. There are also…

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    Australian Media Ideology

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    Since Australia got independence from the colonial rule, it has continued to carry the cultural dimensions of the western society. The media of Australian society is very open and liberal and the society supports and gives place for people from all cultures and nationalities. Australia has a diversified nation where people from all over the world comes to live, work and study. However, there are various instances of racist incidents which are reported in the media and action is taken in most of…

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    This week I found both chapter 7 & chapter 8 to hold great ideas and helpful insights into becoming multicultural educators. Specifically, after reading chapter 8 I thought it would be a great benefit to a multicultural educator to be submersed in a foreign country for a short period of time before they start teaching. I think even if a future educator spent a week in a foreign country, ideally where they do not look like or speak the same language as the ethnic majority, it would greatly…

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    The organization I chose is one in which I hope to someday work for, taking me back to my home state of Florida. University of Florida is one of the biggest and well known colleges in the state of Florida that has great plans in place for cultural diversity, UF is truly one of the biggest melting pots of cultures. I hope to show that in this essay. The reason I have chosen UF to write my essay on is to learn as much as I can about the university, in hopes that this will help when I apply to the…

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    Sociocultural changes are visible throughout Canada as we are a diversified country supporting many different beliefs, values, cultural and social factors. With the focus on many different beliefs and values throughout my community from past to present time it is evident that sociocultural changes are always in motion. As a child growing up in a small rural town there were very few single parent household, same sex marriages, and limited ethnic diversity in comparison to the historical Caucasian…

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    In the chapter 2 of the book Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class by Joseph F. Healey, it explains the contemporary Latina/o issue regarding the concept of assimilation and pluralism an throughout the chapter you see how these two ideas go hand in hand and how they effect the american society about immigration coming to the United States. In Healey definition on what is assimilation on page 43 he stated, “is a process in which formerly distinct and separate groups come to share a common culture…

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    Culturally Competent Leadership The most complex goal in the field of education is preparing school leaders and teachers to work with students who are racially, ethnically, and economically different from themselves (Gay, 2002). Critical areas of cultural responsiveness strategies in education present 21st century leaders with the overwhelming responsibility of reviewing policies, procedures, and programs in schools. (Pitre, Jackson, & Charles, 2011). Leadership is often regarded as the single…

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    Because multicultural learning environments exist within our society we must remember that there are those students involved who are English Second Language (ESL). Such things to take into consideration comprises how well the students can read, write, and comprehend English. Other consideration may encompass performance anxieties related to student comfort levels with their abilities and the amount of time allocated for them to complete their testing. Furthermore, the environment in which an…

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    Farewell To Manzanar

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    Thesis: After reading Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston, it has been revealed that the divided society of Canada and the internment camp Manzanar are similar and disparate in numerous ways. Both Canada and Manzanar have comparable experiences with the internment of citizens. During both World Wars, internment camps were not an unfamiliar subject, in fact, many governments issued them. In both countries, citizens were forced from their homes into these camps by a law or order the…

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    Ethno-Cultural Analysis

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    Import Nowadays we live under the light of continuous economic, social and political changes taking place globally. The corollary of these is the creation of migration flow, which in turn has brought about social changes that led to multicultural societies. In Greece, one of the immigration countries, the composition of society and often redefined symbiosis indigenous people needed to immigrants, refugees, repatriates, gypsies and Muslims. This multicultural reality comes from interactions…

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