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interpreters who have the language and knowledge competencies necessary to ensure consent is informed, rational and voluntary. Generating and analysing data Comparative analyses between racial/ethnic 'groups ' can be compromised if data collection tools operate differently for different 'groups ', for instance because of cultural incongruity. This is because languages requires the use of rigorous translation techniques with particular attention to ensuring conceptual equivalence. Researchers…

goals, and, techniques to aid in the group counseling process. Group counseling enhances bonds and addresses life issues. While having the ability to interact socially with peers has benefits, members are susceptible to breaches in confidentiality, others worldviews, and biases. Therefore, the paper also highlights ethical dilemmas encountered in group settings. Moreover, within these groups and establishment of goals, processes, and guideline aid in creating group cohesion and a safe space for…

also helps individuals to become more tolerant within a college campus because it exposes people to a dissimilar student body that includes cultures and ideas that are different from their own. Affirmative action also helps prevent individuals or groups excluded from opportunities on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender. The practice of affirmative action has often been misunderstood in a way that opponents of it have the idea that those who benefit from it are unqualified to gain admittance to…

the needs of low-ability students at the forefront of the argument, often these low tier classes do not provide students the chance to catch up with their high tier peers but rather provide a place where students with less ability would succeed because classes are significantly less challenging (Oakes & Guiton 1995). One notable group of students especially at risk of low tier academic stagnancy are English learners. More than 10% of American students are English learners and are placed into…

minority groups that include African-American and Latino students. Recent research has shown that these minority groups of students come to school at a disadvantage due to their family educational background, and poverty. The purpose of this literature review is to examine how participation in after-school programs help close the academic gap in African American and Latino middle school students and how after school programs can be enhance to assure that the academic gap among minority groups…

The United States is extremely diverse compromising nearly 300 ethnic groups. Approximately 1.6% of the total population are indigenous people. The rest are immigrants who traveled across the world for hundreds of years in hopes of finding more desirable jobs, opportunities, and lifestyles. Every person should be able to identify…

For my particular project, I will rely heavily on peer-reviewed secondary research by scholars in the field of anthropology / sociology who have undertaken similar studies across the nation, but also my own gathered data from on-site personal interviews. My secondary research strategy is comprised of searching through academic publisher sites for relevant, peer-reviewed, and valid scholarly articles. My methodological approach will begin by addressing secondary research on topics of ethnic…

Berry discussed acculturation on the individual level and stated that even despite there being overall changes within a group, individuals’ changes might vary significantly as a part of these collective changes. The theory emphasizes factors prior and during the process of acculturation (pre-arrival and post-arrival) as well as highlights group and cultural (i.e. political context) and social/psychological (social factors, language proficiency) variables that influence the acculturation…

In today’s society Affirmative Action in Higher Education has been a heated debate for many years now. Affirmative action is a set of guidelines that take into consideration certain factors such as race, color, religion, gender, and origin. With the elimination of Affirmative Action our society and the higher education system has the potential to eliminate stereotyping and discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and origin. Martin Luther King Jr. once said "A man should be judged,…

Moving to a new country comes with a choice, a choice to embrace a foreign culture or alienate oneself with their own culture. In a world that encourages multiculturalism, it is difficult to believe that immigrants face social alienation. In Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth, the consequences of multiculturalism and assimilation among immigrant communities gives her readers the opportunity to empathize the feelings of social alienation felt amongst immigrants in the world today. Many immigrants…