TEACHING NOTE
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE AS TOOLS
FOR APPRECIATING DIVERSITY
Gwenelle S. O'Neai
West Chester University
As social work educators continue to examine methods and techrüques to pro-
vide meaningful knowledge about racism and discriminafion, the role of self-
assessment and dialogue should also be explored. This teaching note presents a
tool for students and educators to use in considering Uterature discriminafion
and increasing awareness of mulficultural resources. This tool and the related
acfivifies may be used for orientafion or modified and combined with the vari-
ety of mixed media used to engage students in acfive learning.
THE ROLE OF SOCIALIZATION in e s t a b l i s h i n g
mindsets or world views is an estabUshed per-
specfive among sociologists, social workers,
and other helping professionals. Educafional
socializafion has typicaUy favored middle-
class Euro Ainerican students and neglected
the importance of ethnic minority or working-
class student backgrounds (Stanton-Salazar,
1997). It seems relevant that engagement
around diversity content should begin with
the evaluafion of one's own socializafion or
connection to multicultural examples and
concepts. Services to individuals, famdies,
groups, organizafions, and communifies need
to come from an understanding of the
demeaning reaUfies and often unjust circum-
stances that many people have faced or are
facing. This teaching note presents the de-
scripfion of an exercise that has been used
over the past 10 years to orient students to
their verbal acknowledgement of the appreci-
afion of diversity and their actual parficipa-
tion in gaining understanding of the mulfiple
cultural backgrounds of people in our com-
munifies. Related acfivities are also described.
Diaiogue, Self-Assessment,
and the Learning Process
The human-behavior-in-the-social-environ-
ment course The Dialecfic of Oppression and
Liberafion examines the impact of oppression
and discriminafion on members of various
groups as weU as on Euro Americans within
the context of a diverse and stratified society.
Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 48, Ne. 1 (Winter 2012).
32012, Ceuncll en Sedal Werk Edueatlen, Inc. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.5175/JSWE.2011.201000007 1 5 9
1 6 0 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
The course prepares students to engage in con-
versafions that examine tradifional behaviors
and atfitudes. Tradifional contexts, evolving
nofions, and dynamics are addressed in the
process of becoming a social worker prepared
to embrace mulfiple cultural groups. The
process involves self-assessment, exposure to
various perspecfives, and opportunifies to
reflect on and discuss these in an acfive leam-
ing environment.
Critically analyzing routinely accepted
paradigms helps students reevaluate power
structures (Darüel, 2008) and their personal
views of them. The dialectic includes ac-
knowledging and exploring survival and
defensive behaviors. The course incorporates
the history of oppre ...
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Mindful Reflection as a Process for Developing
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University of Colorado Denver, [email protected]
Debora Basler Wisneski
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cator has been at the forefront of the
movement to reduce inappropriate
referrals to special education and dis-
proportionate representation of stu-
dents of color within special education
(Fiedler, Chiang, Van Haren, Jorgensen,
Halberg, & Boreson, 2008; National
Center for Culturally Responsive Edu-
cational Systems, 2005). However, for
many educators, working with a
diverse student population can be more
difficult when the student comes from
a background that is unfamiliar to the
teacher (Harry & Klingner, 2006). As
teacher educators who prepare educa-
tors for inclusionary settings in diverse
urban areas, we have noticed that
issues often arise when a teacher or
teacher candidate attempts to make
meaning of behavior in the classroom,
particularly a behavior that concerns
student engagement, classroom man-
agement, or discipline of students with
whom the teacher has a cultural dis-
connect. Teachers are not often aware
of how diversity affects the way that
they interpret students’ actions and the
ways that they interact with their stu-
dents. Teachers may misi.
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34 E D U C A T I O N A L L E A D E R S H I P / M A R C H 2 0 1 5
Paul C. Gorski
and Katy Swalwell
I feel like a visitor in my own
school—that hasn’t changed,”
Samantha said, confusion and
despair in her voice. We were
at the tail end of a focus group
discussion with African American
students at Green Hills High, a pre-
dominantly white, economically
diverse school. We had been invited to
conduct an equity assessment, exam-
ining the extent to which Green Hills
was an equitable learning environment
for all. We had asked Samantha and
a small group of her classmates how
they would characterize their school’s
two-year-old Multicultural Curriculum
Initiative, touted by school adminis-
trators as a comprehensive effort to
infuse a multicultural perspective into
all aspects of school life.
“I’m invisible,” Sean added, “but
also hypervisible. Maybe twice a year
there’s a program about somebody’s
food or music, but that’s about it. I
don’t see the purpose.”
Then Cynthia, who had remained
quiet through most of the hourlong
discussion, slammed her fist on the
table, exclaiming, “That multicultural
initiative means nothing. There’s
racism at this school, and nobody’s
doing anything about it!”
We found ourselves only a few
moments later in our next scheduled
focus group, surrounded by the
school’s power brokers: the prin-
cipal, assistant principals, deans, and
department chairs. Still taken—maybe
even a little shaken—by what we had
heard from the young women and
men who felt fairly powerless at Green
Hills, we asked the administrators
about the purpose of the Multicultural
Curriculum Initiative.
After a brief silence, Jonathan, the
principal, leaned back in his chair.
We had observed him over the past
few days interacting with students,
and it was clear he cared deeply about
them. The Multicultural Curriculum
Initiative was his brainchild, his baby.
Jonathan decorated his office door
with quotes about diversity and his
office walls with artwork depicting
diverse groups of youth. “We see
diversity as our greatest asset. That’s
what this initiative is all about. What
we aim to do here,” he explained with
measured intensity, “is to celebrate
the joys of diversity.” When we shared
with Jonathan the concerns raised
by the African American students,
he appeared confused and genuinely
concerned. “They said that?” he asked,
before interrupting a member of his
leadership team who had begun to
defend the initiative. “Maybe it’s time
to rethink this.”
Beyond Artwork
and Celebrations
If we’ve learned anything working
with schools across the United States,
it’s this: When it comes to education
equity, the trouble is not a lack of
Equity Lıteracy
FOR ALL
Schools can commit
to a more robust
multiculturalism by
putting equity, rather
than culture, at the
center of the diversity
conversation.
Gorski.indd 34 1/29/15 7:48 PM
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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
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2011
Mindful Reflection as a Process for Developing
Culturally Responsive Practices
Barbara Dray
University of Colorado Denver, [email protected]
Debora Basler Wisneski
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Part of the Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons
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Exceptional Children, 44(1), 28-36.
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Becoming a culturally responsive edu-
cator has been at the forefront of the
movement to reduce inappropriate
referrals to special education and dis-
proportionate representation of stu-
dents of color within special education
(Fiedler, Chiang, Van Haren, Jorgensen,
Halberg, & Boreson, 2008; National
Center for Culturally Responsive Edu-
cational Systems, 2005). However, for
many educators, working with a
diverse student population can be more
difficult when the student comes from
a background that is unfamiliar to the
teacher (Harry & Klingner, 2006). As
teacher educators who prepare educa-
tors for inclusionary settings in diverse
urban areas, we have noticed that
issues often arise when a teacher or
teacher candidate attempts to make
meaning of behavior in the classroom,
particularly a behavior that concerns
student engagement, classroom man-
agement, or discipline of students with
whom the teacher has a cultural dis-
connect. Teachers are not often aware
of how diversity affects the way that
they interpret students’ actions and the
ways that they interact with their stu-
dents. Teachers may misi.
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34 E D U C A T I O N A L L E A D E R S H I P / M A R C H 2 0 1 5
Paul C. Gorski
and Katy Swalwell
I feel like a visitor in my own
school—that hasn’t changed,”
Samantha said, confusion and
despair in her voice. We were
at the tail end of a focus group
discussion with African American
students at Green Hills High, a pre-
dominantly white, economically
diverse school. We had been invited to
conduct an equity assessment, exam-
ining the extent to which Green Hills
was an equitable learning environment
for all. We had asked Samantha and
a small group of her classmates how
they would characterize their school’s
two-year-old Multicultural Curriculum
Initiative, touted by school adminis-
trators as a comprehensive effort to
infuse a multicultural perspective into
all aspects of school life.
“I’m invisible,” Sean added, “but
also hypervisible. Maybe twice a year
there’s a program about somebody’s
food or music, but that’s about it. I
don’t see the purpose.”
Then Cynthia, who had remained
quiet through most of the hourlong
discussion, slammed her fist on the
table, exclaiming, “That multicultural
initiative means nothing. There’s
racism at this school, and nobody’s
doing anything about it!”
We found ourselves only a few
moments later in our next scheduled
focus group, surrounded by the
school’s power brokers: the prin-
cipal, assistant principals, deans, and
department chairs. Still taken—maybe
even a little shaken—by what we had
heard from the young women and
men who felt fairly powerless at Green
Hills, we asked the administrators
about the purpose of the Multicultural
Curriculum Initiative.
After a brief silence, Jonathan, the
principal, leaned back in his chair.
We had observed him over the past
few days interacting with students,
and it was clear he cared deeply about
them. The Multicultural Curriculum
Initiative was his brainchild, his baby.
Jonathan decorated his office door
with quotes about diversity and his
office walls with artwork depicting
diverse groups of youth. “We see
diversity as our greatest asset. That’s
what this initiative is all about. What
we aim to do here,” he explained with
measured intensity, “is to celebrate
the joys of diversity.” When we shared
with Jonathan the concerns raised
by the African American students,
he appeared confused and genuinely
concerned. “They said that?” he asked,
before interrupting a member of his
leadership team who had begun to
defend the initiative. “Maybe it’s time
to rethink this.”
Beyond Artwork
and Celebrations
If we’ve learned anything working
with schools across the United States,
it’s this: When it comes to education
equity, the trouble is not a lack of
Equity Lıteracy
FOR ALL
Schools can commit
to a more robust
multiculturalism by
putting equity, rather
than culture, at the
center of the diversity
conversation.
Gorski.indd 34 1/29/15 7:48 PM
A S C D / W W W . A S C D . O R G 35
multi.
Babel or Great Wall Social Media Use Among Chinese Students.docxrock73
Babel or Great Wall: Social Media Use Among Chinese
Students in the United States
Shaoke Zhang
Department of Psychology
Tsinghua Uni versity
Beijing, 100084, P.R.C.
[email protected]
Hao Jiang
College of Inform ation Sciences
and Technology
Pennsylvania State Uni versity
Uni versity Park, PA 16802
[email protected]
John M. Carroll
College of Inform ation Sciences
and Technology
Pennsylvania State Uni versity
Uni versity Park, PA 16802
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
We investigated how social media supp ort the acculturation
p rocess for an exp atriate group : Chinese students in the United
States. We interviewed 20 p articip ants and found that 1) students
extensively used Chinese social med ia to maintain their original
self, esp ecially through social bond in g and infor mation
surveillan ce activities, while facin g culture shock; 2) social media
were also critical in help in g students assimilate into their new
(American) cu lture, through affordances for scaffoldin g, brid gin g,
and surveillance; 3) the use of social med ia across the
acculturation p rocess is evolvin g in the context of the changin g
ecolo gy of social media. This study exp ands existing HCI work on
inter-cultural co mmunication and co llabor ation activities toward
consideration of accu lturation strategies, online sup p ort for
identity , and designin g for indiv idual d evelop ment.
Categories and Subject Descriptors
H5.m. [Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI)]:
M iscellaneous.
J.4 [Computer Applications]: social and behavioral sciences -
Economics, Psycho logy, Sociology.
General Terms
Design, Human Factors, Theory
Keywords
Social Identity , Social M edia, Acculturation, Culture Shock, Uses
and Gratifications, Online Community
INTRODUCTION
The era of globalization is marked by communications p enetrating
national or cultural boundar ies in all sorts of areas. Unp recedented
levels of mobilization or migration, and the boom of infor mation
communication technolo gies (ICT s) such as social media, which
free p eop le from the limitations of sp ace and time, have been two
high ly salient features that are rap idly and irrevocably changin g
the world. In this p ap er, we exp lore how social media use is
influencin g the acculturation p rocess (i.e. learnin g about,
exp erien cin g, and p articip ating in a n ew culture) in an exp atriate
context: Chinese students livin g in the United States.
ACCULTURATION PROBLEMS
Increasin g migration or exp atriation has transformed cultural
p henomena in recent decades. It has brought many new
opp ortunities for learnin g and exchan ge, but also social p roblems
and challen ges. Accord in g to a rep ort by the Dep artment of
Homeland Secur ity [38] in August 2011, there were 46,471,516
nonimmigr ant admissions to the US in the single y ear of 2010;
1,595,078 of these were students, greatly increasing the ethnic
divers ...
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Student describes identity by including four to six examples on how race, gender, social class, privilege, religion, etc. influence their self-text. Descriptions illustrate how ideologies manifest themselves.
Student describes identity by including three examples of how race, gender, social class, privilege, religion, etc. influence their self-text. Descriptions illustrate how ideologies manifest themselves.
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Student makes logical and excellent connections to how the identity was constructed by providing four to six examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
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Student makes fair connections to how the identity was constructed by providing one to two examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
Student either makes no connections to how the identity was constructed or does not provide examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
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More than four examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the implications of their identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
Three to four examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate a good understanding of the implications of their identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
One to two examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate a fairly good understanding of the implications of identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
No examples, terms or course concepts are employed resulting in a poor/weak understanding of the implications of identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
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Since the Oglalas settled at Pine Ridge, it has been the contention of many policy makers that education is the panacea for the socio-economic ills besetting the society and the means for bringing Indians into the mainstream of American life. Education has been available to the Oglalas for 89 years and the problems remain almost as unresolved as they were that day in 1879 when Red Cloud helped to lay the cornerstone for the first school. For this (and other reasons), the educational system has often become the scapegoat among those impatient for greater progress. Blame has been placed on the schools for many of the social evils, personality disorders and general cultural malaise. But is it fair to expect the schools to counteract all of the negative aspects of the total socio-economic milieu? Is it realistic to expect the educational system alone to achieve a better life for the Oglalas when the environment offers few alternative economic goals and little opportunity to control one's destiny, when many children come from poverty-stricken and unstable family situations? True, the schools have failed in some respects, but the blame is not entirely theirs (Maynard & Twiss, 1970, p. 94).
Can we say the same thing today that was said by Maynard and Twiss and others 34 years ago? What accounts for American Indian/Alaska Native children dropping out at higher rates and having significantly lower academic performances than Euro-Americans? Is lower academic achievement due primarily to schooling or to community and familial factors? Are we following a path towards academic improvement for indigenous children? In this article, we argue that variables outside of the school environment and in-school variables must be carefully and concurrently considered in order to understand and improve the school performance and achievement of American Indian/Alaska Native children. Furthermore, for a culture-based education approach (CBE) to succeed it must chart a course toward a set of ideals and principles that are consistent with the dynamic nature of the lifeways and thoughtways of tribal or village cultures.
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We investigated how social media supp ort the acculturation
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States. We interviewed 20 p articip ants and found that 1) students
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Keywords
Social Identity , Social M edia, Acculturation, Culture Shock, Uses
and Gratifications, Online Community
INTRODUCTION
The era of globalization is marked by communications p enetrating
national or cultural boundar ies in all sorts of areas. Unp recedented
levels of mobilization or migration, and the boom of infor mation
communication technolo gies (ICT s) such as social media, which
free p eop le from the limitations of sp ace and time, have been two
high ly salient features that are rap idly and irrevocably changin g
the world. In this p ap er, we exp lore how social media use is
influencin g the acculturation p rocess (i.e. learnin g about,
exp erien cin g, and p articip ating in a n ew culture) in an exp atriate
context: Chinese students livin g in the United States.
ACCULTURATION PROBLEMS
Increasin g migration or exp atriation has transformed cultural
p henomena in recent decades. It has brought many new
opp ortunities for learnin g and exchan ge, but also social p roblems
and challen ges. Accord in g to a rep ort by the Dep artment of
Homeland Secur ity [38] in August 2011, there were 46,471,516
nonimmigr ant admissions to the US in the single y ear of 2010;
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Student describes identity by including three examples of how race, gender, social class, privilege, religion, etc. influence their self-text. Descriptions illustrate how ideologies manifest themselves.
Student describes identity by including one to two examples of how race, gender, social class, privilege, religion, etc. influence their self-text. Descriptions illustrate how ideologies manifest themselves
Paper reflects a weak or unclear description of student's identity. Student either does not address the impact of race, gender, social class, etc. on their self-text or does not provide examples to illustrate how the ideologies manifest themselves.
ANALYTICAL
Student makes logical and excellent connections to how the identity was constructed by providing four to six examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
Student makes logical and good connections to how the identity was constructed by providing three examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
Student makes fair connections to how the identity was constructed by providing one to two examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
Student either makes no connections to how the identity was constructed or does not provide examples of the impact of historical events, group norms, family experiences, and relationships on their self-text.
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
More than four examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate an excellent understanding of the implications of their identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
Three to four examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate a good understanding of the implications of their identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
One to two examples and terms and course concepts are employed to demonstrate a fairly good understanding of the implications of identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
No examples, terms or course concepts are employed resulting in a poor/weak understanding of the implications of identity for teaching, learning, and relating to others.
CATEGORY
31 — 34 points
27— 30 points
23 — 26 points
1 — 22 points
SCORE
STUDENT IDENTITY
Student describes identity by including four to six examples on how race, gender, social class, privilege, religion, etc. influence their self-text. Descriptions illustrate how ideologies manifest themselves.
Student describes identity by including three exam.
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AUTHOR: Gerald V. Mohatt Joseph Trimble Ryan A. Dickson
TITLE: Psychosocial Foundations of Academic Performance in Culture-Based Education Programs for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Reflections on a Multidisciplinary Perspective
SOURCE: Journal of American Indian Education 45 no3 Special Issue 38-59 2006
COPYRIGHT: The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. To contact the publisher: http://coe.asu.edu/cie/
Since the Oglalas settled at Pine Ridge, it has been the contention of many policy makers that education is the panacea for the socio-economic ills besetting the society and the means for bringing Indians into the mainstream of American life. Education has been available to the Oglalas for 89 years and the problems remain almost as unresolved as they were that day in 1879 when Red Cloud helped to lay the cornerstone for the first school. For this (and other reasons), the educational system has often become the scapegoat among those impatient for greater progress. Blame has been placed on the schools for many of the social evils, personality disorders and general cultural malaise. But is it fair to expect the schools to counteract all of the negative aspects of the total socio-economic milieu? Is it realistic to expect the educational system alone to achieve a better life for the Oglalas when the environment offers few alternative economic goals and little opportunity to control one's destiny, when many children come from poverty-stricken and unstable family situations? True, the schools have failed in some respects, but the blame is not entirely theirs (Maynard & Twiss, 1970, p. 94).
Can we say the same thing today that was said by Maynard and Twiss and others 34 years ago? What accounts for American Indian/Alaska Native children dropping out at higher rates and having significantly lower academic performances than Euro-Americans? Is lower academic achievement due primarily to schooling or to community and familial factors? Are we following a path towards academic improvement for indigenous children? In this article, we argue that variables outside of the school environment and in-school variables must be carefully and concurrently considered in order to understand and improve the school performance and achievement of American Indian/Alaska Native children. Furthermore, for a culture-based education approach (CBE) to succeed it must chart a course toward a set of ideals and principles that are consistent with the dynamic nature of the lifeways and thoughtways of tribal or village cultures.
Culture-Based Educational Approach
The guiding assumption of CBE is that a discontinuity between home and school environments serves to confuse and alienate indigenous children, fostering a sense of inadequacy and lack of self-efficacy. Factors implicated in this discontinuity include value dif ...
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You.docxssuserf9c51d
Muslims in the Golden Age is the theme for the research project. You are required to prepare a minimum of 25-minute presentation on the life, work, and contributions of a Muslim scholar, scientist, poet, artist, etc. from the Golden Age of Islam (not contemporary scholars). You can choose any form of media for your presentation paper. A narrated paper has been the common form used in the past; however, the addition of voice-over is required. If you require assistance with the recording, please email instructors.
This project should be completed individually. The objective of this project is to explore the Muslims' contributions to the modern civilization.
Resources:
Format, Length and Style: The presentation must include:
• Minimum of 3 page. Each of pages should be visually appealing, contain relevant content.
• Narrate each page without reading the text line by line. Use the narration to explain and elaborate on what is presented on the pages
• Correct spelling and grammar
• APA citation and bibliography on a separate page
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Multiple Sources of Media
Examine the impact of multiple sources of media on children and adolescents. Discuss how media influences children and adolescents differentially at various ages. Discuss at least one positive and at least one negative result of media exposure for children and adolescents.
Respond to the discussion by referencing at least one reputable media source.
Response Guidelines
Respond to fellow learners' posts and the sources they cite. Ask questions and expand on the research to further the discussions. Respond to comments made by at least two learners. Your responses to learners are expected to be substantive in nature and to reference the assigned readings, as well as other theoretical, empirical, or professional literature to support your views and writings.
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Multicultural Event WrittenPlease choose and research a cult.docxssuserf9c51d
Multicultural Event Written
Please choose and research a cultural or diverse event that you are not familiar with. Examples can include a ritual, holiday, religious custom, cultural practice, cultural celebrations, etc. While these are a few suggestions please think outside the box and find something that interest you.You will write a 2 - 3 page paper, APA format (this does not include the cover or reference page). It will consist of :
the introduction of the cultural/diverse event
describe the event (be sure to provide enough detail so that the reader can understand it)
What is unique/different of the event from your culture or custom?
What is the frequency of the event?
What is the importance of the event?
What did you learn about the cultural/diverse event that you did not know?
Are there any similarities to you and your families events?
provide a conclusion.
Please be sure to use reputable resources to complete the assignment. You should have a minimum of 4 sources .
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Multi-Party NegotiationFor this Essay, you will explore the co.docxssuserf9c51d
Multi-Party Negotiation
For this Essay, you will explore the complexities that occur with multi-party negotiations and groupthink.
Your essay will address the following points.
§ Describe two-party, coalitions, and multi-party negotiations.
o Within your description, include a real-life example of how these types of negotiation are used in the business world.
Describe the social complexities of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
What is "groupthink," and how did it affect the Challenger?
Make sure you include your source used for this portion of your research.
What do you think you would have done if you were in that Challenger meeting?
Your essay must be a minimum of three pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Reference source for your paper. Follow proper APA format, including citing and referencing all outside sources used
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Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the.docxssuserf9c51d
Music has long been used by movements seeking social change. In the 1950s and '60s, this was particularly true, as successful black and white musicians openly addressed the issues of the day. During the '60s, popular white singers, such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, lent both their names and their musical talents to the American Civil Rights Movement. In fact, music long assisted those working to win civil rights for African Americans. Freedom songs, often adapted from the music of the black church, played an essential role in bolstering courage, inspiring participation, and fostering a sense of community.
Instructions:
Your PowerPoint presentation should include the following:
• Background and explanation of your special topic.
• Brief background of your American musician/artist.
• The relationship your American musician/artist had to this special topic and the contributions
they have made.
• An explanation of how your American musician/artist connected to and influenced both music
and American society and culture.
Special Topics in American Music - Final Project
MUS320 - American Music
Requirements:
• Presentation must consist of 7-10 slides, with additional title and reference slides, all formatted
in accordance with the most current APA guidelines.
• Each slide will provide succinct points of the key information that you wish to convey.
• Use the Notes section to elaborate on the information presented in each slide. The Notes section is your narrative for the presentation. Here is a tutorial on how to use speaker notes in PowerPoint. If you do not have a LinkedIn Learning account (complimentary for Post students), refer to the Course Information page for information on how to set it up so you can properly view this video.
• At least four (4) images - Two (2) related to your special topic and two (2) related to your artist.
• A video example from YouTube including music from your artist.
• Cite and reference at least three (3) scholarly sources. One of these sources may be your textbook.
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MSW Advanced Clinical Concentration -Student Learning Agreement
Walden University -- Barbara Solomon School of Social Work
Used with SOCW 6520 and SOCW 6530
Agency Name: Keep Smiling Therapy
Agency Address: «555 Broadhollow Road Suite 101
Melville, NY, 11747 »
Student Information
Instructor/Supervisor Information
Faculty Liaison Information
Agency Info
Name: Varda Sauveur
Walden Email: [email protected]
Phone: 347-869-32356
Name: Chanell Smiliey
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 631-505-2961
Name: Alisha Powell
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [Type here]
Description: Psychotherapy
Academic Term
Example: Winter 2019
Course Number
Example: SOCW 6520 III
Population Served: Working with clients who are affected by depression, phobias, stress, anxiety, emotional and relationship problems, physical or psychosomatic disorders and behavioral problems.
Proposed Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 12pm-8 pm
Describe what your regular tasks will be at the agency:
My regular task is as follow:
· Create an appropriate treatment plan for them, which will provide them with a structured and focused way of addressing their problems.
· Learning how to use verbal interaction skills to explore behavior, attitudes and emotions
· Helping clients to understand and address their inner conflicts.
· Completing Psychosocial forms
Importance of the Learning Agreement
Purpose of the Learning Agreement: The learning agreement is designed to ensure students are mindful about the learning expectations in their field placement. It was developed to help students and supervisors/instructors plan a well-rounded experience that will help students meet the learning objectives.
Learning Objectives: The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) requires students gain competency in nine areas of social work practice. These areas of practice are defined as core competencies of the profession. Each core competency requires particular behaviors students should be able to engage and gain competency in. Students should provide examples of activities in the agency they can participate in to help them meet the learning objectives. Some examples of activities are provided. This is not an exhaustive list, so others can be added. Students must have an opportunity to complete tasks in all nine areas of competency.
Connection to the Student Evaluation: Not only is the learning agreement a helpful tool to plan the learning goals for the term, but it connects directly to the evaluation points in the student evaluation. Field Instructors/supervisors will be asked to complete student evaluations. Each student is evaluated on the nine core competencies of social work. Having a solid learning agreement aligns the learning goals with the student’s evaluation, so no areas are missed.
Instructions
Negotiating the Agreement: The learning agreement should be completed by week 3 at the agency. This is a collaborative process, where the .
Multimedia Instructional MaterialsStaying current on technolog.docxssuserf9c51d
Multimedia Instructional Materials
Staying current on technology is an essential aspect of being an educator. Today’s students are digital natives, and they often respond better to media than to traditional methods of teaching. Having a strong technology repertoire is important.
Create a matrix detailing a variety of multimedia, technology, games, apps, and other technological tools for teaching reading and writing to struggling readers and writers. Include five tools/media/apps and address the following, in 100-200 words per tool:
· App/technology tool description, app/technology location (online, offline through software, through a game console, etc.), and the cost.
· Age level or academic level for which the technology is appropriate.
· Advantages of using the technology.
· Drawbacks to using the technology.
· Rationalize why struggling students may benefit from the app/technology tool.
Additionally, write a 250-500 word overview of the contents of the matrix, describing how you will implement technology in your ELA classroom. Justify which of these technologies you think will be most beneficial and describe how you might convince an administrator to help you acquire the technology.
Support the matrix and summary with 3-5 resources.
Course Paper Assignment: 30% of course grade, Final Paper due in Week 11
Proposal Due: April 22, (1 page) – Description of proposed project (abstract), Proposed Case Studies (3 to start), Bibliography with at least 3 sources
Final Paper Due: May 19, Week 11
Course Analytical Paper – Assignment
In this paper you will provide a rigorous and thoughtful analysis on your chosen theme, to include an analysis of one case study project or several projects, as a comparative analysis. The paper must include a clear and concise Thesis Statement, shown in “bold” at the end of the introductory paragraph. Please use proper paragraph form, beginning each paragraph with a Topic Sentence and ending with a Concluding Sentence. Keep your paragraphs approximately the same length, throughout. Use our course readings, along with 10 or more sources, to help you construct arguments. Cite using proper APA
form, when using text from sources. The goal of your paper is to prove (or disprove) the Thesis Statement. Writing a detailed outline is highly recommended. Include the following:
1. Title Page – Include a unique title for your paper topic, your name, my name, course name/number, and the quarter: “Spring 2020” You may also include an image or multiple images on the cover.
2. Final Paper (at least 8-10 pages of double-spaced text, images not included) – Font size: 11 or 12; Margins: ½ inch or 3/4 inch max on sides.
3. Bibliography (include at least 10 sources, 6 of which must be books or articles. The remaining 4 sources, or more, can include video lectures and other multimedia). Use APA format. You may use more than 10 total.
4. Include illustrations and project documents. Analytical sketches a.
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Murray Bowen is one of the most respected family theorists in the field of family therapy. Bowen views the family unit as complex and believes it is important to understand the interactions among the members in order to solve problems. Satir and Minuchin also advanced family therapy with their concepts and models. As a clinical social worker, using these models (along with having an ecological perspective) can be very effective in helping clients.
For this Discussion, review the “Petrakis Family” case history and video session.
By Day 4
Post
(using two concepts of Bowen’s family theory) a discussion and analysis of the events that occurred after Alec moved in with his grandmother up until Helen went to the hospital. If you used the concepts of structural family therapy, how would your analysis of the situation be different? Which family theory did you find to be most helpful in your analysis? Finally, indicate whether Satir’s or Minuchin’s model is the more strength-based model. Why?
The Petrakis Family Helen Petrakis is a 52-year-old heterosexual married female of Greek descent who says that she feels overwhelmed and “blue.” She came to our agency at the suggestion of a close friend who thought Helen would benefit from having a person who could listen. Although she is uncomfortable talking about her life with a stranger, Helen said that she decided to come for therapy because she worries about burdening friends with her troubles. Helen and I have met four times, twice per month, for individual therapy in 50-minute sessions. Helen consistently appears well-groomed. She speaks clearly and in moderate tones and seems to have linear thought progression; her memory seems intact. She claims no history of drug or alcohol abuse, and she does not identify a history of trauma. Helen says that other than chronic back pain from an old injury, which she manages with acetaminophen as needed, she is in good health. Helen has worked full time at a hospital in the billing department since graduating from high school. Her husband, John (60), works full time managing a grocery store and earns the larger portion of the family income. She and John live with their three adult children in a 4-bedroom house. Helen voices a great deal of pride in the children. Alec, 27, is currently unemployed, which Helen attributes to the poor economy. Dmitra, 23, whom Helen describes as smart, beautiful, and hardworking, works as a sales consultant for a local department store. Athina, 18, is an honors student at a local college and earns spending money as a hostess in a family friend’s restaurant; Helen describes her as adorable and reliable. In our first session, I explained to Helen that I was an advanced year intern completing my second field placement at the agency. I told her I worked closely with my field supervisor to provide the best care possible. She said that was fine, congratulated me on advancing my career, and then began talking. I listened for the reasons H.
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Mrs. Thomas is a 54, year old African American widow, mother and grandmother, who lives with her daughter and four grandchildren (ages 12, 10, 7 and 5) in a 4 story walk up apartment. She is an active member of her church community and friends, comments that she had so much energy that she exhausted all of them just being around her. At age 51, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Busy with raising her grandchildren, a little more than 3 years went by before she sought attention for her symptoms and was diagnosed. Despite aggressive treatments with chemotherapy and radiation, her diseased progressed and she was considering undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Climbing the stairs to the apartment one afternoon she became very short of breath and collapsed. Her twelve, year old granddaughter called 911. At the hospital she was minimally responsive and in severe respiratory distress. She was intubated and transferred to the ICU. A family meeting with the oncology and ICU team was called to discuss Mrs. Thomas’s advanced condition, the fact that she would probably not survive further treatment for the lymphoma and to develop a plan of care. Fifteen family members arrived, including her daughter, pre-teen granddaughters and grandson, three nieces, four nephews, several friends from her church and the minister. On being asked that only the immediate family participate in the meeting, the family and friends became angry and insisted that all of them be involved in this discussion.
1. The students should focus their thoughts on the dynamics of this family meeting. If you were the nurse in this situation, how would you address meeting? Here are some questions that may help your thinking. W
hat is your impression regarding this scenario? What are some concerns you have with this case? What do you anticipate would happen? How would you handle all the family members and friends wanting to be included in the discussion? There is not right or wrong answer. But remember you need a professional journal to support the discussion.
2. Now think about you being the patient. How would the situation be handle within your family? Have you thought about what kind of care you would want? Does someone know what you would want if you had a catastrophic event? Would family members support the decision maker's decision for for you?
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Multiple Source Essay, Speculating about Causes/Proposing a
Solution
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Topic: Women Mistreatment and Inequality in the US.
7 PAGES INCLUDING (
REFERENCE, ABSTRACT, TITLE PAGE
) - SO BASICALLY 4 PAGES
CONTENT.
4 pages content includes:
Specific thesis with your three causes that explains why you are arguing for something
Cause 1 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 2 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Cause 3 = paragraph (be sure to explain the limits of the cause, or whether it’s a big cause, a small cause, or even a wrong cause)
Conclusion
Minimum of 4 sources. I provided 4 sources but you can use other RECENT sources.
IN ATTACHMENTS: ASSIGNMENT SHEET + SOURCES AND TIPS.
MUST BE DONE TOMORROW BY 11 PM PACIFIC TIME (in 23 hours)
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Multiyear Plans Please respond to the followingDo you.docxssuserf9c51d
"Multiyear Plans"
Please respond to the following:
Do you think the federal government should increase spending on Social Security and Medicare for the elderly? If not, how should the elderly fund retirement and medical costs? Provide research support for your positions.
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Multinational Financial Management
Determine key reasons why a multinational corporation might decide to borrow in a country such as Brazil, where interest rates are high, rather than in a country like Switzerland, where interest rates are low. Provide support for your rationale.
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Murder CasePreambleAn organization system administrator .docxssuserf9c51d
Murder Case
Preamble
An organization system administrator was labeled as the key suspect in a homicide case. The accused claimed that he was at work at the time of the murder.
Police Intervention
The police asked his employer to help them verify his alibi. Unpredictably, the same organization, occasionally trained law enforcement personnel to investigate computer crimes and was eager to help in the investigation.
Collaborative Strength:
The organization worked with police to assemble an investigative team, seized the suspect computers in his office and residence, and backup tapes on a file server managed by his employer. All of these evidence were stored in a room to where only members of the team had access.
Harsh Situation
At the initial stages, the operation appeared reasonably well documented, but the reconstruction process was a disaster. The investigators made so many omissions and mistakes that one computer expert when reading the investigator's logs, suggested that the fundamental mistake was that the investigators locked all of the smart people out of the room. The investigators, in this case, were unaware of the situation and unwilling to admit the slip-up.
As a result of the investigators' omissions and mistakes, the suspect's alibi could not work together. Digital evidence to support the suspect's alibi was identify later but not by the investigators. If the investigators had sought expert assistance to deal with a large amount of digital evidence, they might have quickly confirmed the suspect's alibi rather than putting him through years of investigation and leaving the murderer to go free.
Lesson Learned
The case amplifies forensic investigators' requirements to obtain fundamental knowledge of computers, compatible operating systems, and application software programs.
Forewarning forensic investigators to seek the assistance of the system administrator during the criminal investigation.
Scenario
You have been retained as a Deputy Technology officer at the University and charged with the responsibility of developing an Acceptable User Policy for the department of computer science based on this murder case.
Question 1
Use the AUP to amplify the advantages and disadvantages of investigators' quarterly training on most currently used operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, Linux, Sun System, and more.
Scenario 2
The investigators, in this case, were unaware of the situation and unwilling to admit the slip-up. As a result of such omissions and mistakes, the suspect's alibi could not work together. Digital evidence to support the suspect's alibi was identify later but not by the investigators. If the investigators had sought expert assistance to deal with a large amount of digital evidence, they might have quickly confirmed the suspect's alibi rather than putting him through years of investigation and leaving the murderer to go free.
Question 2 "Investigators allowed the Murderer to.
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Multimodal Personal Narrative – Develop a multimodal document to both visually illustrate and verbally express a personal transformation.
Use a one-page newspaper or single-panel brochure format to present a personal narration of a transformation of your choice from a point in your childhood to today. You might discuss a career aspiration you had as a child, transition to the job you held as a teenager, and lastly, explain the profession you maintain today. Use connecting ideas to ensure you have a cohesive essay, which will ultimately (in the conclusion) explain what you learned from this transformation. For example, how and why did you go from point A (job 1) to point B (job 2) and then on to point C (job 3)? Or, you might consider illustrating a transformation based on a way of life or philosophy.
Implement three photos to represent your ideas, feelings, etc., at the three focal points in your life. You may use personal photos, clip art, or other images, but be sure you use and/or attribute them appropriately. For example, you are free to use your personal photos as you’d like, but make sure to choose clip art or other images that you either have permission to use freely or that you cite adequately. Equally consider your document’s layout, such as text sizes, photo placement (near the related essay text), and colors, in addition to how you present your content, to include thesis, support, and organization.
Sample thesis statement:
Growing up in Sedona, Arizona, I was constantly looking up into the clear night sky, viewing multiple constellations and shimmering stars, which had me yearning to reach them—literally—so when I turned 16, I began working as a camp counselor at a space camp, which ultimately led to a career at NASA; my journey taught me that if I reached for the stars, nothing could stop me.
Length:
This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Underline your thesis statement.
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Multigenre ProjectEN101O Fall 2019 Dr. WalterA Multigenre Pr.docxssuserf9c51d
Multigenre Project
EN101O Fall 2019 Dr. Walter
A Multigenre Project (MGP) presents multiple, even conflicting, perspectives on a topic in order to provide a rich context and present an aesthetically appealing product for an audience. Your MGP should reflect the following:
A focus: You should not only include documents that relate to a general topic, but you should ensure that the documents work towards a claim you are making about the topic.
A coherent organization/your entire MGP should be presented in an umbrella genre that best fits your purpose. You should create and organize documents in order to lead readers through the project, to help them understand your focus and purpose. Coherent organization will come out of the umbrella genre you choose for the project. For example, creating a magazine as the umbrella genre that includes articles, images, advertisements, etc. with one focus will provide cohesion to the project. Examples of how you might “package” the MGP include a CD, a scrapbook, a photo album, a patient file, an employee handbook, a manual, a newspaper, a magazine, a website—the options are endless! Just be sure to provide a table of contents (TOC) that offers an overview of and title for each document.
Look at some of the examples posted on D2L for concrete depictions of how this can work.
The Multigenre Project includes at least 8 documents (including an Introduction, Table of Contents, 5 documents of different genres (not including your Introduction), and a works cited page) that offer a sustained argument about your chosen issue. By creating documents in different genres (e.g., editorials, feature stories, brochures, short fiction, charts, scripts, etc.), you learn to write for multiple audiences, multiple (rhetorical) purposes, and multiple forums. All documents/text must be original work you create for the MGP.
Your Introduction serves as a guide to readers, helping them understand the issue you are addressing, offering insight about why you chose the genres you chose, etc. The introduction is your chance to help readers understand why this topic is important, how they should “read” your documents, etc. The introduction may be written as a letter to readers, a magazine article, an editorial, etc.
The bulk of your MGP will be the five documents, each representing a different genre, that helps persuade your audience(s) to your point of view. Aim for a good balance of genres, and be sure at least three of your documents directly use the sources you have gathered from your research. By writing a brochure that utilizes your research sources, a chart or other visual, a story drawing from the information you have gathered, a quiz based on researched sources, etc.—by approaching your research findings in a creative way, your MGP helps an audience understand many different perspectives about your topic. Some of the documents you will include may be more time-intensive than others. But the 5 documents that make up the bo.
Multimedia activity Business OrganizationVisit the Choose Your .docxssuserf9c51d
Multimedia activity: Business Organization
Visit the Choose Your Business Structure (Links to an external site.) section of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s website.
If you were to start your own business, which business entity structure would you choose? Justify why your chosen structure is the best organizational form.
Explain the following business structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and a corporation. In your analysis address the following for each business structure:
Steps to form
Personal liability for owners
Taxation
Advantages and disadvantages
Your paper must be three to five pages (excluding title and reference pages), and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. You must cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook. Cite your sources in-text and on the reference page.
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Multicultural PerspectiveToday’s classrooms are diverse and .docxssuserf9c51d
Multicultural Perspective
Today’s classrooms are diverse and you will be expected to meet the needs of all of your students. Many of our students come from different cultures, which affects how they learn. We must take this into consideration when developing our lesson plans, making our role as an educator even more complex. As a result, we must be informed of our students’ cultural backgrounds as this includes another element of cognitive understanding that will guide our instructional practices. By understanding student culture, we can gain insight into learning preferences, interests, motivation, and prior knowledge.
Based on the important features of multicultural education found in Figure 4.6 of our text and selecting a specific content standard from the
Common Core State Standards Initiative (Links to an external site.)
(CCSS), develop a learning activity that includes these key features of multicultural education:
Integration of content
– How does your learning activity incorporate content from different cultures?
Reducing Prejudice
– How does the learning activity attempt to minimize any of your own prejudices as well as your students?
Making Teaching Equitable
– How does the instructional approach to your learning activity meet the needs of all your students by recognizing learning styles, interests, and motivation to help achieve academic potential?
Empowering Learners
– How does the learning activity empower all students to work toward their academic potential?
Construction of Knowledge
– How does your learning activity promote different perspectives that validate how culture influences knowledge and beliefs?
Be sure to first provide your content standard from the CCSS followed by your learning activity. Then explain how your learning activity meets each element of multicultural education by providing evidence to justify and support your assertions. Then reflect on your K-12 school experience. Was a multicultural education part of your schooling? What factors may have contributed to the inclusion or exclusion of a multicultural education in your own early schooling? Make sure to incorporate the five key features of multicultural education in your reflection.
Click to view an
example
of this week's assignment.
You have several options in completing this task:
Write a three-four page paper (does not include a title page or reference page).
Develop a PPT presentation that is 8-10 slides long (does not include title page slide or reference page slide).
Use Voicethread or Prezi that is 8-10 slides long (does not include a title page slide or reference page slide).
Use a combination of the above.
Be sure to reference the course text and at least one other scholarly source. Your assignment should follow APA formatting guidelines as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)
, and be sure to include a title page or slide as well as reference page or slide.
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Muhammad Ali, how did his refusal to go into the army affect his.docxssuserf9c51d
Muhammad Ali, how did his refusal to go into the army affect his professional career.
Tommy Smith, what happened to him after coming home from the Olympics at the raising his fist.
LeBron James, what has been his influence in today’s society when it pertains to social injustices.
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MS 113 Some key concepts that you need to know to navigate th.docxssuserf9c51d
MS 113: Some key concepts that you need to know to navigate through
the key reading – I will keep updating these
1.democracy
2.citizenship
3.public sphere
5. Nation and nationalism, nation-state, government, sovereignty
4. oligarchy (polyarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy and so on)
4.capitalism
5.liberalism, neoliberalism
6.civic republicanism
7.socialism
8.authoritarianism
9.populism
10. fascism
11. Marxism -ideological, hegemonic, discursive
12.globalization
13.transnational media spheres
14. consumerism, neoliberal consumer democracy
15. social movements
16. identity politics
17. recognition and redistribution debate
18. political power
19. the notion of common good
20. the digital divide
21: digital public sphere
22. communitarianism
23. social construction of culture
24. poststructuralism
25. postmodern
26. modernity
27. civil society
28. civil disobedience
29. civic engagement
30. structure and agency
31. pluralism and multiracialism, multiculturalism
A NEW FRONTIER
SOCIAL MEDIA / NETWORKS
DISINFORMATION AND
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
IN THE CONTEXT OF
ELECTION
OBSERVATION
by Michael Meyer-Resende
Democracy Reporting International (DRI) operates on the conviction that democratic,
participatory governance is a human right and governments should be accountable to
their citizens. DRI supports democratic governance around the world with a focus on
institutions of democracy, such as constitutions, elections, parliaments and rules of
democracy grounded in international law. Through careful assessments based on field
research with partners, DRI convenes diverse stakeholders to promote policies that
strengthen democratic institutions. A non-profit company, DRI is based in Berlin and has
offices in Tunisia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Michael Meyer-Resende is a lawyer with twenty years of experience in political
transitions and democratisation. Works in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. His
professional experience includes two years legal practice in Berlin, four years with the
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE (Warsaw),
three years with the election team of the European Commission in Brussels and
journalistic experience with the BBC. In 2006 he co-founded DRI and serves as Executive
Director since then. He publishes it regularly in newspapers like The New York Times,
The Guardian, Politico, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and think tank publications.
This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union.
Its contents are the sole responsibility of Michael Meyer-Resende and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the European Union.
Graphic and layout design: Giorgio Grasso for Democracy Essentials
Cover photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
Interior photos: Victor Idrogo (pp. 3, 6-7, 17); Ezequiel Scagnetti (p. 22)
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
I. SUMMARY
II. BACKGROUND
III. INTERNATIONAL LAW
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TEACHING NOTESELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE AS TOOLSFOR APPR.docx
1. TEACHING NOTE
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE AS TOOLS
FOR APPRECIATING DIVERSITY
Gwenelle S. O'Neai
West Chester University
As social work educators continue to examine methods and
techrüques to pro-
vide meaningful knowledge about racism and discriminafion,
the role of self-
assessment and dialogue should also be explored. This teaching
note presents a
tool for students and educators to use in considering Uterature
discriminafion
and increasing awareness of mulficultural resources. This tool
and the related
acfivifies may be used for orientafion or modified and combined
with the vari-
ety of mixed media used to engage students in acfive learning.
THE ROLE OF SOCIALIZATION in e s t a b l i s h i n g
mindsets or world views is an estabUshed per-
specfive among sociologists, social workers,
and other helping professionals. Educafional
socializafion has typicaUy favored middle-
class Euro Ainerican students and neglected
the importance of ethnic minority or working-
class student backgrounds (Stanton-Salazar,
1997). It seems relevant that engagement
around diversity content should begin with
2. the evaluafion of one's own socializafion or
connection to multicultural examples and
concepts. Services to individuals, famdies,
groups, organizafions, and communifies need
to come from an understanding of the
demeaning reaUfies and often unjust circum-
stances that many people have faced or are
facing. This teaching note presents the de-
scripfion of an exercise that has been used
over the past 10 years to orient students to
their verbal acknowledgement of the appreci-
afion of diversity and their actual parficipa-
tion in gaining understanding of the mulfiple
cultural backgrounds of people in our com-
munifies. Related acfivities are also described.
Diaiogue, Self-Assessment,
and the Learning Process
The human-behavior-in-the-social-environ-
ment course The Dialecfic of Oppression and
Liberafion examines the impact of oppression
and discriminafion on members of various
groups as weU as on Euro Americans within
the context of a diverse and stratified society.
Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 48, Ne. 1 (Winter
2012).
32012, Ceuncll en Sedal Werk Edueatlen, Inc. All rights
reserved. DOI: 10.5175/JSWE.2011.201000007 1 5 9
1 6 0 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
3. The course prepares students to engage in con-
versafions that examine tradifional behaviors
and atfitudes. Tradifional contexts, evolving
nofions, and dynamics are addressed in the
process of becoming a social worker prepared
to embrace mulfiple cultural groups. The
process involves self-assessment, exposure to
various perspecfives, and opportunifies to
reflect on and discuss these in an acfive leam-
ing environment.
Critically analyzing routinely accepted
paradigms helps students reevaluate power
structures (Darüel, 2008) and their personal
views of them. The dialectic includes ac-
knowledging and exploring survival and
defensive behaviors. The course incorporates
the history of oppression, impact on idenfity
development of members of all groups, and
ülustrafions of resistance and transformafions.
White privilege and insfitufional racism are
concepts addressed in several ways through-
out the course as precedents, outcomes, and
continuing reaUfies identified in various envi-
ronmental and situafional contexts. Discussion
of these concepts involves examining crifical
race theory (Ortiz & Jani, 2010) with respect to
students' past organizafional experiences and
current field placements. The test on implicit
racism (Project Implicit, 1998), which students
are required to take, illustrates the ongoing
impact of socializafion stereotypes.
Self-assessment is acknowledged as a via-
ble component of professional educafion (Bald-
win, 2000). It is a concept and a process per-
4. ceived as reflecfive observafion that gives stu-
dents opportunifies to make sense of their
socializafion and leaming experiences. Expo-
sing students to informafion about their mulfi-
cultural awareness (Lee & Greene, 2003) serves
as a basis for discussion and growth. The per-
sonal values and diversity exercise/self-
assessment tool described below was designed
to provide new insights into students' educa-
tional and family racial socialization (Caughy,
O'Campo, Randolph, & Nickerson, 2002) as
well as the affect of these d5mamics on their
development. Simultaneously, it raises aware-
ness of the negafive influence of oppression
and stimulates interest in seeking greater
knowledge about other cultures.
Implementing the Exercise
The design of the exercise draws on social
leaming and ecosystems theories. It creates an
opportunity to talk about what students say
they believe and how they behave. It sets the
tone for openness about their school and
home experiences and support for a range of
experiences. The exercise handout consists of
three parts. Parts one and two are on the front
of the page. Part one entails a set of three gen-
eral value quesfions. These quesfions are not
used to empirically assess or evaluate stu-
dents' values about diversity. The intent is to
gain a general consensus of their interest in
diversity. Part two requests a list of communi-
ty civic acfivifies in which students have
parficipated (see Figure 1).
5. The reverse side of the page presents a
grid for the student to complete that idenfifies
their connecfions with mulficultural resources
(see Figure 2).
Students are informed that the exercise
will not be collected (early use of the quesfion-
naire indicated student discomfort with it
being collected). The sheet is distributed with
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE 1 6 1
side one showing. Students are asked not to indicate they agree
with the value items,
turn it over until directed to do so. They Those who may have
responded with less
complete side one. A discussion is irüfiated than agreement are
supported—their respons-
about how they responded. Usually, most es are equally
acceptable; their parficipafion is
FIGURE 1 . Personal Values and Diversity Experiences
Personal Values and Diversity
A. Please circle one response to each of the following three
questions.
1. I support the need for diversity in our lives.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
2. I have demonstrated my interest in diversity in specific ways.
6. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
3.1 believe social and economic injustice must be addressed.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
B. List examples of your participation in social and economic
justice concerns at
school, work, or in your community.
1.
2.
3.
1 6 2 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
desired. We discuss the reality of consensus
and exceptions, the variations and similari-
ties, and social work values. The discussion
moves to Section B. Students describe their
activities. We sort the types, locations, and
positives and negatives. Some indicate rea-
sons they may or may not have been active
participants. Or they report on activities that
7. may have occurred in the past but not recent-
ly. AU responses are welcomed, and the con-
versation acknowledges how these experi-
ences or lack thereof may contribute to their
FIGURE 2. Multicultural Literature Awareness Instrument
Handout
C. List some examples of multicultural involvement with
reference to the listed
groups in the past year.
Cultural Group
African American
Hispanic
Asian
Native American
Arab
Asian Indian
LGBTQ
EuroAnglo/Caucasiai^
Other White ethnic
groups
8. Other challenge^Age,
physical, learning, etc.
Books Films Churcl^empli/Mosques Friends
Other
Events
Activities
Note. LGBTQ=lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or
questioning.
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE 1 6 3
current percepfions. Then students are asked
to turn the page over and to ful in the grid.
After a few minutes, students have completed
this secfion. The quesfion is asked—"How
does your grid look?"
Student Reactions
Typically, students observe that they have not
read very much by diverse authors. They also
acknowledge they have not parficipated in
many diverse cultural acfivifies. Generally,
they have not attended events in cultural set-
tings other than their own. Some have friends
of different groups, but they tend to be few in
number. Students of color or those who have
lived in mixed or color-dominant communi-
fies have described a broader range of obser-
vafions and experiences. However, they often
9. reflect on their limited exposure to resources
of other cultures.
The reacfions of Euro American students
and students of color to issues of diversity,
oppression, and liberafion include a range of
emofions. Because the grids are not collected
students are usually quite responsive about the
results. The range of reacfions is useful for the
discussion of their percepfions about them-
selves. Some students have traveled, parfici-
pated in church missionary programs, or
engaged in student exchange programs. Those
with several items filled in on their grids report
on their experiences. Other students may
express shock, surprise, and quiet thought.
Those with few items often reflect that they
have not been exposed to opfions regarding
mulficultural populations. Many have not
grown up in diverse environments or been
exposed to mulficultural opportunifies. Over
the years, several students have observed the
absence of opportunity for exposure in their
educafional socializafion to literature, science,
math, or other contribufions to society by per-
sons of color or members of typically excluded
groups. One student recently exclaimed, "Our
teachers only taught us about American and
Brifish literature and especially Shakespeare."
Another student concluded: "No wonder we
don't value ethnic minorifies. We haven't been
taught to do so." Another reflected in her jour-
nal: "I was very surprised at the numbers
because I didn't realize how little friends of
color I have or know."
10. Celebrating Black History Month, Mexican
Cinco de Mayo, Women's History Month, and
similar points of reference have done little to
socialize growing and developing children to
the contribufions of all people to society over
time. The premier historical and cultural
chronology that children in our educafional
systems have been taught has excluded people
of color and taught negafive interpretafions of
their presence in this society. The results of the
exercise provide a visual schemafic of the ümi-
tafions or extent of students' literacy with
respect to mulfiple cultures. Examples of cul-
turally affirming resources (Adichie, 2009;
McCoy & McKay, 2006; O'Neal, 2006) and con-
temporary ideas of oppressive situations
(Kristoff & WuEXmn, 2009) are provided.
The results of this tool have not been for-
mally evaluated. A midcourse evaluation asks
students about the exercises, content, pace,
and quesfions. A verbal assessment in the last
class asks them to evaluate their knowledge of
mulficultural literature and their perceived
awareness. Their responses help guide the
instructor's response to student concerns.
Generally there is enthusiasfic reporting of
1 6 4 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
growth—our program evaluafion self-report
instrument consistently shows high sensifivi-
ty to cUent diversity issues. The major func-
11. fion of the tool Ues in its use for processing
classroom behavior and estabUshing a sup-
portive learning environment. Student
responses are analyzed on the spot in the
classroom. Indicators of their comfort or dis-
comfort with the content—their comments,
facial expressions, body language, and
questions—are acknowledged and addressed.
Integrating Learning
Through Assignments
Self-assessment exercises have been presented
as useful methods to promote awareness of
thinking variafions with respect to ethnicity
and class differences (Ellis, 2001). Self-
assessment is included in acfivifies Usted to
help foster cultural literacy and competency
in working with international families
(Hamon, 2008). It is also included in the dis-
cussion of training exercises for agency pracfi-
fioners that help them be aware of their own
"culture-bound beUefs" (Beckeft & Dungee-
Anderson, 1996, p. 27). In addifion to the self-
assessment instrument, course content in-
cludes informafion regarding policy, pracfice,
and social behaviors that perpetuate negative
stereotypes and those that assist in aftirming
one another.
Following the discussion of the grids, stu-
dents engage in conversafion about the focus
of the course, the expectafion of crificaUy
thirdcing and reflecting on the traditional
stereotypical messages they have heard, and
examining multiple perspectives. Several
12. assignments are used to assist continuing self-
reflecfion and considerafion of how mulficul-
tural Uterature can be used to enhance their
understanding. Two assignments have been
selected by faculty as key indicators to evalu-
ate student competency behaviors. The jour-
nal entries and the final exam are scored by a
rubric to determine achievement targets. The
rubric segments define the steps in informa-
fion literacy and crifical thinking.
Journal. The joumal is required to log
thoughts and reactions to the course content—
readings, discussions, videos, presentations,
exhibits—with respect to oppression, discrim-
inafion, affirmation, and social justice. Reflec-
fions are often connected to observafions and
experiences of privilege.
The final exam. The final exam is a take-
home assignment that öfters several opfions for
responding. In addifion to essay quesfions, the
selecfions include opportunifies to react to
poetry (i.e., "With no immediate cause," about
rape [Shange, 2007]), to write and iUustrate a
poem of their owm about an issue related to
oppression or Uberafion, and to design a con-
cept map that demonstrate their conceptualiza-
fion of the oppression-to-Uberafion process.
Other opportunifies for discussion, analy-
sis, and reflecfion include the following.
Small group and dyads. Weekly course ac-
13. fivifies involve discussion questions for en-
gagement in small groups or with one other
student. A group project requires a multicul-
turally sensifive presentafion that selects an
issue of importance to social work designed to
inform a target audience. Incorporating mulfi-
cultural and mulfidimensional (micro, mezzo,
and macro) perspecfive informafion to deUver
services to diverse consumers is required.
Novel analysis. A novel wriften by a per-
son of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans-
SELF-ASSESSMENT AND DIALOGUE 165
gender person; or representing a physical,
leaming, and/or emofional challenge is read
and analyzed for its cultural context and per-
specfive. Students are required to select an
excerpt or create a summary that may be inte-
grated into service delivery to promote cultur-
al affirmafion. The relevance of integrating
cultural materials is a core course concept,
and examples are integrated across the semes-
ter (O'Neal, 2006). All students discuss their
novels. A demonstrafion of how an excerpt
can be used with a group is conducted.
International examples of oppression. Stu-
dents develop a short paper in class (using the
computer room) on oppressive condifions in a
country of their selecfion. Students teach each
other about their examples, and the informa-
14. fion from the countries around the world are
compared and contrasted with U.S. examples.
All of these examples and other acfivifies
are designed to further self-assessment and
increase mulficultural knowledge. The per-
sonal values and diversity exercise has been
an effecfive tool for student orientafion to the
history of exclusion in the United States and
the evolving role of cultural competence. The
orientafion sets the tone for open and sup-
porfive discussion and interacfion. The course
provides a foundafion that helps students
understand that all social work services are
delivered in a macro societal context.
Conclusion
This teaching note promotes the integrafion of
culturally affirming materials into teaching
and practice. It addresses the continuing
observafions of the need for more effecfive
engagement methods with social work stu-
dents. This engagement dynamic is simulta-
neously explored for its potenfial implemen-
tafion in delivering services to various family
members and diverse communifies. Student
parficipafion in the discussion has identified
specific needs for social work:
• To create various ways to integrate cultur-
al knowledge into competency behaviors
across the curriculum
• To advocate for the inclusion of diverse
authors, researchers, and their perspecfives
15. throughout the elementary, secondary, and
higher educafional socializafion process
• To promote the relevance of family racial
socializafion in developing idenfity and
self-confidence across cultures
Challenges to more effecfive social work
service delivery and the need for prevenfion of
ongoing social problems continue in local and
global arenas. Implementing, researching, and
advocating for methods to expand our under-
standing is fundamental to our progress.
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Gweneiie S. O'Neai is professor at West Chester University.
Address correspondence to Gwenelie S. O'Neal, West Chester
University, Graduate Social Work
Department, 650 Alley Way, Reynolds Hall, West Chester, PA
19383; e-mail: [email protected]
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IT Software for Business – Assignment
• Word Exercise: Create a professional curriculum vitae,
including a picture and at least 2-3
educational institutions and work experience (if you do not have
enough, feel free to invent
them).
• PowerPoint Exercise: Create a PowerPoint presentation
about your hometown/country
using the features of the program (pictures, transitions,
animation, styles, lists etc).
• Excel Exercise: Solve the following problems in one Excel
Sheet, having each exercise on a
separate sheet.
When you have finished the three exercises, upload them to
Moodle, you have time to do so until
the last class of the semester.
Exercise 1
19. Create a Personal Budget Sheet, including the following
categories:
- In rows:
• INCOME:
◦ Salary, Public Assistance, Food Stamps, Other. Total Income
• EXPENSES:
◦ Living/Housing: Rent/Mortgage, Electric, Water/Sewer,
Gas/Heating,
Telephone, Cable TV, Household/Repairs, Other. Total
Housing.
◦ Regular Payments: Student Loan, Credit Cards, Other Loan
Payments,
Health Insurance, Car/Home Insurance: Life Insurance, Child
Care, Other.
Total Regular payments.
◦ Food Expenses: Groceries, Restaurant Meals, Other. Total
Food.
◦ Personal Expenses: Personal Care, Hair/Nail Care,
Clothing/Shoes, Doctors,
Prescriptions, Laundry/Dry Clean, Recreation/Travel, Other.
Total Personal.
◦ Transportation: Gas/Auto Expenses, Bus, Taxi, Train, etc.,
Parking, Other
◦ Miscellaneous: Church, Gifts/Charity, Savings, Other. Total
Personal.
◦ Total Expenses
• TOTAL INCOME MINUS TOTAL EXPENSES
- In columns: the 12 months of the year.
20. - Include also the grand total.
IT Software for Business – Assignment
Exercise 2
A survey has been completed by 30 families. Their responses
for “number of children” are
the following:
1, 1, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 0,
6, 2, 1, 1, 0
1) Introduce these numbers in an Excel table and calculate the
the following statistical data:
minimum, maximum, average, median, mode.
2) Use conditional formatting (on the original data) to highlight
the cells with numbers
grater than 2.
3) Create the following table next to the data displayed with the
following information:
Number of Children Number of families
0 ….
1 ….
2 ….
3 ….
4 ….
5 ….
6 ….
21. With the second column containing the number of families
having 0, 1, …, 6
children.
4) Show the last results in a Pie Chart.
Exercise 3
Suppose that we have an annual interest rate of 6%.
1) Calculate the present value of 200€ payments at the end of
each month (type 0), during 2
years.
2) Calculate the future value of 50€ payment at the beginning of
each year (type 1), during
10 years.
3) Calculate the internal rate of return of an investment of
3000€, if we get 950€, 930€, 800€
and 528€ in the following periods.
4) Calculate the internal rate of return of an investment of
5000€ on 1st January 2013, if we
get 1900€ on 14th February 2013, 1640€ on 25th March 2013
and 1500€ 12th May of 2013.
5) Compare the net present value of the following two
investment possibilities:
A: to invest 4000€ now and get 1000€, 1800€, 1500€ and 300€
in the next years,
B: to invest 5000€ now, and get 1300€, 1350€, 1400€ and 1450€
in the next years
if we suppose that there is a 2% of annual interest rate.
22. IT Software for Business – Assignment
Exercise 4
1) Which would you choose of the following two options?
A: to get 20,000€ in 4 years,
B: to get 1000€ now and 1000€ at the end of in each quarter
during four years
(future value, suppose that there is 8% of annual interest rate).
Which would you choose, if the interest rate were 7% annual?
2) Which would you choose of the following two options?
A: to get 7,300€ now, or
B: to get 240 at the beginning of each month (type 1), for three
years, supposing that
there is a 12% of annual interest rate.
3) Which would you choose of the following two options, if you
had 10,000€ to invest:
A: a savings account with 5,5% of interest rate
B: a return of 2000€ annually in the following 6 years (use
IRR).
4) Compare the internal rate of return of the following
investment opportunities
Data A B C
Investment 01/01/2013 -5000 -6000 -5500
Return 25/03/2013 1800 2000 1900
10/07/2013 1600 1830 1700
20/10/2013 1300 1600 1000