Most students think, study, and write in the way they have been trained at school and university. Each country has its own traditions not only about what students must learn but also how they should learn. ... In some countries the teacher or lecturer provides all the information that the students must learn; in others students are expected to find most of their material independently, by reading or by their own experiments and research. ... Her supervisor complained: "this work is not up to the level of senior high school students. It is disastrous for a student at postgraduate level." ...

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Attitudes and values show students the way of behaving. ... Tutors and lecturers are resources for students. ... With the knowledge they already have, they will tend to build on it as they gradually learn new things in college/university. ... As a higher education student at Avondale College, I have come to learn more about academic culture this semester. If there was anything that I wish to have done differently, it would have been to visit the tutors more often, learn how to avoid procrastinating and balancing my social and study time. ...

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What can teachers do to help culturally diverse students succeed? ... Be willing to step outside your comfort zone, going into the community to learn about families. 2. ... Tawana's teacher wants to make sure Tawana is given plenty of opportunities to learn, discover and feel accomplished. ... Sophistication is based on helping students learn complex principles about subject matter being presented to the entire class. And novelty is based on allowing students to learn traditional content using alternative or unusual strategies that might include working with an adult mentor, creatin...

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Multicultural education is for all students. 3. ... Classroom interaction between teachers and students constitutes the major part of the educational process for most students. ... To have every student achieve to his or her potential. 2. To learn how to learn and to think critically. 3. ... To learn how to evaluate knowledge from different perspectives. ...

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Throughout the article "Development of Knowledge, and Commitments to Teach Diverse Student Populations", by Robert A. ... At the beginning of the program, students viewed themselves as capable instructors. ... They say that we need to understand our place in society before we learn about other's places. ... Students must take an active role in that part of the community. ... I feel that I could sit in a class and learn how to teach diverse classes, but without getting out there and actually doing it, I will never know if I can. ...

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The largest barriers an immigrant will overcome are discrimination and a lack of English skills, which are caused by the community's little understanding of an immigrant's culture and the poor means of obtaining the ability to speak English effectively; however, these barriers can be overcome by offering classes that teach the students about various cultures and offering more convenient ESL classes where immigrants can learn English in a short amount of time. ... "Immigrant and refugee parents said their children face discrimination at school from students and teachers alike&q...

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Being exposed to different views and ideas help us learn the subject matter more effectively. ... In international education, many nations, with many cultures and ideas, are brought together in one environment to learn. ... To be able to effectively learn, we must interact with others in the learning environment cooperatively. ... As the Lebanese student felt that we should give as much details in the answers as we could possibly find, I was completely lost. ... Being educated in an international environment certainly sets the building blocks for the future of students. ...

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The students who have knowledge of there ancestors can prevent another Great Depression from occurring in America or they could learn a way to come to a solution instead of going to war. ... A multicultural education better prepares a student for life in America. ... Leaving out many other views that may better answer some of the questions students have. Because a multicultural education is so diverse there are many different cultures to learn. ... Not all of the students would understand all the different cultures being taught. ...

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Cultural differences between those who control educational institutions and many minority students result in a biased educational system that neglects many students. ... Students thought to be less capable were explained tasks in a direct manner. ... When students' community voices are ignored, underrepresented, or devalued by the curriculum and teachers, the feeling of rejection is strongest for minority students. ... In this system of education, dialogue between teacher and student is limited. ... The social label of being a slow track student can affect self-image, greatly decrea...

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After several years of working in ecotourism development and sharing ideas and concerns with students at the University Del Valle de Guatemala, I realized that we were facing several conflicts that limited our goals of helping communities and the environment. ... As a Guatemalan, I am enthusiastic to learn more to help my country. ... Thirdly, I will be able to share my knowledge with future ecotourism professionals in Guatemala (university students, NGO technicians, tourism businessmen, and government officials). ...

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For example, one day a foreign student came to study in my class, the teacher was explaining the lesson while he was busy talking to his classmate. ... For example, if a group of Yemeni students have the same group assignment or project, they will simply say, "Let's do it tonight." Time - oriented - students find it hard to arrange their time in a typical country such as Yemen. ... In addition, we have a lot of different factors to learn about to adjust easily and avoid misunderstandings. ...

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We must over look our own culture and be open to learn about others. Fairmont State College does a decent job expressing that to students in different way. ... Most schools lack the ability to instill that knowledge to the students. ... Race, Class, and Gender is going to be a great class to instill students with different outlooks in society. ...

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Of course, there are still some foreign students from other countries just as myself. ... However, many schools try to carry out a program that makes American students know more about other countries and cultures. I believe that the program will help American students a lot, especially after they go to work. . ... Due to this experience, I believe that I will learn a lot, and broaden my horizon. ...

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Toula was not well accepted by other students in her school, because of her ethnic background. ... Ian decides to try and learn about the Greek culture, this is known as acculturation, the process by which you learn the rules and norms of a culture different from your own. ... Ian decides that he should learn the Greek ways and maybe this help will persuade Gus. ...

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College campuses widely became known as "centers of debate" as college students began their protesting of the war and the draft. ... People found that they could relate to their music and they were influenced to write songs and learn to play the guitar. ... The Vietnam War was a very controversial war, and when the draft was accelerated and anti-war sentiment grew, college students organized anti-war protests. ... College students especially were fed up with the war because it was the first major war they had lived through. ... One decision declared that schools do not have absolute author...

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In contrast, in a country like Pakistan, it is expected that the average student then immediately joins the workforce and/or commits to post-graduate studies. ... Yet students are united as graduates, hence they all toss their caps regardless. ... I still had to continue going to school and function as a student even though I had other duties as a Muslim. It was interesting for me to learn about other faiths and it became even more interesting for me to teach other people. ... We also have a Muslim Students' Association that unites the youth with the purpose of and Islamic community, and ...

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Anthropologists have a responcibility to their research, as well as those who learn from it, to be completely objective. ... Tompkins, who was inspired to conduct this research because she was teaching a lecture about the subject for college students, could have easily followed the standard of today's lectureres and restated the first thing she read about the Indians and Setteler's relationship. That is the way our educational system works for many of the students today. Students hear what teachers want them to hear, and many teachers validate what they are teaching because they read...

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In fact, when I was in second grade, my nice teacher introduced us to a new student who came in midway through the year. ... There is a need to expose ourselves and learn from people who are different from ourselves. ... And we, in toto, must learn to change our internal filters in order to not only recognize and learn from others, but, also to respect the value of all people....

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Moreover globalization starts to impact the country and people starts to learn new values, beliefs, cultures and living skills through various ways, such as TV progress, internet, and cinema (Prout, 2005, p. 28-29). ... Another example is the teacher ratio, 30 students to 1 teacher ratio is a marked and explicit feature of Japanese early childhood education, the pedagogical goals and practices that are tied to and facilitated by such a ratio are based on a cultural logic that is implicit. The logic assumes that higher ratios better support the development of social-mindedness and group living ...

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Moreover globalization starts to impact the country and people starts to learn new values, beliefs, cultures and living skills through various ways, such as TV progress, internet, and cinema (Prout, 2005, p. 28-29). ... Another example is the teacher ratio, 30 students to 1 teacher ratio is a marked and explicit feature of Japanese early childhood education, the pedagogical goals and practices that are tied to and facilitated by such a ratio are based on a cultural logic that is implicit. The logic assumes that higher ratios better support the development of social-mindedness and group living ...

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Moreover globalization starts to impact the country and people starts to learn new values, beliefs, cultures and living skills through various ways, such as TV progress, internet, and cinema (Prout, 2005, p. 28-29). ... Another example is the teacher ratio, 30 students to 1 teacher ratio is a marked and explicit feature of Japanese early childhood education, the pedagogical goals and practices that are tied to and facilitated by such a ratio are based on a cultural logic that is implicit. The logic assumes that higher ratios better support the development of social-mindedness and group living ...

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Moreover globalization starts to impact the country and people starts to learn new values, beliefs, cultures and living skills through various ways, such as TV progress, internet, and cinema (Prout, 2005, p. 28-29). ... Another example is the teacher ratio, 30 students to 1 teacher ratio is a marked and explicit feature of Japanese early childhood education, the pedagogical goals and practices that are tied to and facilitated by such a ratio are based on a cultural logic that is implicit. The logic assumes that higher ratios better support the development of social-mindedness and group living ...

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However, students in Russia actually promote such a style of work, as it is viewed as helping each other in order to pass an exam or better understand the material at hand. ... More often that not, this control is shown in the form of ostracism, where an individual quickly learns "right " from "wrong ". ...

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I have not felt any serious racism against me so far since I am a ESL student and had only been here for such a short period of time. ... We should respect each other's cultural values, and learn the good of it and make things peaceful. ...

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1. WORLDVIEW/RELIGION The worldview of people is the way they interpret reality and events, including images of themselves and how they relate to the world around them (pg 120). My worldview is shaped by my religion (pg 126) which is Christianity (pg 134). Everything I do is based on my religion ...

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