Culture has become a vehemently significant issue in connection with teaching English in a country where English is not the mother tongue. ... According to Mary Louise Pratt, "contact zone" is "social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power.... They are of mixed maturity and experience bearing the characteristics of their age and culture in which they have grown up. ... The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Practice During Spring Semester 2009, I taught the course &quo...

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What began as a business venture for several European countries, developed into much more. ... European and Asian people were free engage in these risks, unlike those from Africa. ... Hence, I am of European/Canadian descent, otherwise referred to as white. ... Conclusions Derived About Culture And Ethnicity In American Society By Analyzing Immigration Data The first immigrants to the United States were primarily white Europeans. Each of which transferred their cultures and religions into the new settlements of which they established. ...

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However, although the rhetoric of the policy is well intended, there continues to be a marked gap in opportunities and outcomes for students who don't identify with the 'dominant' Australian culture. ... This cements issues of inequality for the cultural and linguistic groups who do not identify with the perceived 'dominant' culture. ... Some say schools should reflect the values of the 'dominant culture' but McLeod poses the essential questions - What is the dominant culture in Australia? ... The Multicultural policy for Victorian Schools (1997) gives t...

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The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and forth to desegregated schools in cities across the United States. ...

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The school is an Associated Member of ECIS (European Council for International Schools) and a member of BSME. ... The mission statement of KES is " To gain the best of European education and to keep the best of our education."" ...

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(Giddens, 1993) Inequality within schools is not disputable among most sociologists, the consequence of social origins; ethnicity, culture and gender all have significant values on the attainment in schools. ...

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Many people see culture as an all-encompassing overview of large groups of people. However, the word culture can be used to describe the way of life of much smaller groups, like the difference between men and women and their access to education. ... The first based traditional education was in Europe. ...

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Abstract Diversity and advocacy are an essential parts of education. Advocacy in education takes many forms; advocacy for an individual child and/or family, advocacy for the profession, program-based advocacy, private sector advocacy, political activism, and activism in the global arena. Although it may not occur in the classroom each has a direct impact in the education of children. The over-representation of minorities in special education programs as been an issue impacting education and requires the work of advocates to make changes. Culminating Course Project: Advocacy Plan Section 1: P...

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Abstract Diversity and advocacy are an essential parts of education. Advocacy in education takes many forms; advocacy for an individual child and/or family, advocacy for the profession, program-based advocacy, private sector advocacy, political activism, and activism in the global arena. Although it may not occur in the classroom each has a direct impact in the education of children. The over-representation of minorities in special education programs as been an issue impacting education and requires the work of advocates to make changes. Culminating Course Project: Advocacy Plan Section 1: P...

• Word Count: 2753
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate