Diversity and Multicultural Issues: Understanding Diversity and Multicultural Issues

Multicultural Issues in Academic and Clinical Education: A Cultural Mosaic
By Ida J. Stockman, Johanna Boult, and Gregory Robinson - Multicultural is used often to refer to one or more particular minority racial/ethnic groups in the United States. For example, African Americans are viewed as a "multicultural population" as are Native, Hispanic, Asian, and Arab Americans. The reference is not to the various cultures existing within these broadly defined groups. The reference is to an entire minority group whose cultural identities are rooted largely in a non-European ancestry. Multicultural instruction is required because these cultural identities and differences historically have been marginalized in the larger society and have remained unfamiliar to the professionals who most often deliver clinical services. (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 1632 )

Achieving the Empathic Goals of Teacher Preparation through Multicultural Education
By Elavie Ndura and Stephen Lafer - Effective multicultural education courses require both instructors and students to examine their own cultural backgrounds and philosophical underpinnings in order to understand their societal dispositions and behaviors. In this article, the authors share effective strategies for teaching about race and racism in a college multicultural teacher education course. They discuss ways in which they assess the impact of this process on the course participants. (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 1154 )

Contemporary Multicultural Issues: Student, Faculty, and Administrator Perceptions
By Lemuel Watson, Frankie Williams, Dustin Derby - The purpose of this study is to determine how students, staff, faculty, and administrators view campus diversity and multicultural issues and activities. The findings reveal that students, faculty, and administrators view the campus differently in terms of racial and social climate. (Added: 22-Mar-2006 Hits: 2324 )

Cross Cultural Negotiation (free advice)
By Neil Payne - We often forget that people from other countries and cultures do things differently than we do. In negotiation this can be an important mistake. If you don't take into account cultural differences when negotiating you may create bad feelings and conflict with the other party. In this article, you can learn about negotiating across cultures. (Added: 8-Oct-2005 Hits: 947 )

MANAGING AND HARNESSING THE POWER OF CROSS_CULTURAL DIFEFRENCES (free Business e-Coach)
By Anastasia Bibikova - Focuses on how companies can use diversity and multiculturalism to their advantage. Explains culture, provides links to case studies, discusses eye contact as example, and more. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 746 )

Mediation and Multicultural Reality
By Michelle LeBaron - Written for mediation and conflict resolution professionals, this article explores the importance of understanding multicultural reality when conducting conflict resolution or mediation processes. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 904 )

Resolving Conflict in a Multicultural Environment
By Andrea Wilson - Learn how culture can contribute to conflict situations, what culture means, and some steps to use to resolve conflict in multicultural settings. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 1494 )

HR Magazine : Cross-Cultural Awareness
By Lee Gardenswartz, Anita Rowe - Focus of this article is how managers can and should become more aware of cross-cultural differences, and create urturing a safe, inclusive climate. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 1068 )

Out With the Old
By Richard Seel - Ageism is common in organisations. Its effects can be both subtle and devastating. This piece first appeared in The Guardian. (Added: 31-May-2003 Hits: 323 )

Inclusive Adult Learning Environments
By ERIC - Following an overview of changing conceptions of adult learning environments, this ERIC Digestdescribes what it means to create an inclusive learning environment, examines some related issues, and presents some guidelines for structuring inclusive learning environments. (Added: 27-Aug-2002 Hits: 262 )

Diversity Training
By ERIC - This publication considers myths that cause some people to fear or resist diversity training as well as myths overstating its outcomes and effectiveness. (Added: 27-Aug-2002 Hits: 347 )

Are Female Managers Quitters?
By Karen Lyness - Are Female Managers Quitters? The Relationships of Gender, Promotions, and Family Leaves of Absence to Voluntary Turnover (Added: 26-Dec-2001 Hits: 215 )

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