By the way, it would be apposite to mention that my purpose is here just to exploit the parameter of 'contact zone' to show how it helps me to resolve the crisis I experienced while teaching and interacting with my students. ... My personal experiences as an educator contribute largely to bringing about a change in my philosophy of teaching in which the most meaningful learning takes place when students are motivated and interested. ... And my changed philosophy of education, thus, concentrates on student-centered one. ... I am very uncomfortable with the teacher-centered philosop...

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Men generally do the heavy work by placing heavy poles into the ground or overhead, while the women and older children help with thatching, and gathering necessary leaves and vines that constitute the major items in building the structure (Chagnon 1997: 57). ...

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As the theoretical and professional foundations of multicultural counseling have progressed, a natural evolution has been the development of ethical standards to help regulate the practice of multicultural counseling. ... It is to address this omission that the transcultural model we propose in this article includes the virtue of tolerance, which involves accepting diverse worldviews, perspectives, and philosophies (Welfel, 2002). ...

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As the theoretical and professional foundations of multicultural counseling have progressed, a natural evolution has been the development of ethical standards to help regulate the practice of multicultural counseling. ... It is to address this omission that the transcultural model we propose in this article includes the virtue of tolerance, which involves accepting diverse worldviews, perspectives, and philosophies (Welfel, 2002). ...

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People say it helps them identify with their roots and their culture. I suppose I could call myself Irish or Norwegian American, but I doubt it would help me identify with a family culture that I know nothing about. ... The abstract value of men and women working together as role models for the children based in family cultural situation has changed to a no-fault divorce and the idea of needing to take care of the "me" cultural philosophy. ... I think that because of this philosophy and its dominance in the early Twentieth century it caused many ethnic people to separate from there heritage. ...

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However, each team has within it the entire range of dynamics that help organizations pull together for a goal, along with the entire range of dynamics that pull organizations apart. ... Cultural activities that help to create and maintain loyalty through mechanisms are often very detail-oriented and include such things as the team uniform, nickname and song. ... Another way in which the culture of Essendon FC helps to create a team-orientation is in the way it encourages an egalitarian culture. ...

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Ayurveda- New Delhi, India- beauty, skin products Company's Vision- Combii Organochem's (company's creator) philosophy of activating the body to help itself, so that healing and correction can take place from within, continues to spearhead the company, to attain with its Herbline range of products, a greater level of product improvement, quality enhancement and customer satisfaction. - taken from www.herbline.com Ayurveda is a product line made by Herbline, which creates beauty, skin and hair products. ...

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Culture CULTURE What is culture? Culture includes language, ideas, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, and works of art, rituals, and ceremonies, among other elements. The existence and use of culture depends upon ability possessed by humans alone. This ability has been called the capacity for rational thought. The term symboling has been proposed as a more suitable name for the mental ability of humans, consisting of assigning things and events certain meanings that cannot be grasped with the senses. ...

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The issues and remedies, which I plan to present, will help American executives appropriately handle their first business meeting with the Japanese. ... Confucianism is a philosophy that is profoundly practiced. ...

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He also worked on blending a new set of core values that reflected his philosophy of leadership to the Simmons' culture. ... With the help of GGOL, he aimed to increase operational performance of Simmons by having all employees to reach their full potential at work. ...

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Cultural Impact on International Branding in Advertising----A case of success of LGE in China I. Research Problem: Is it possible to persuade consumers in different markets with the same advertising message? This question is one of the most fundamental decisions when planning an advertising campaign in different cultural areas and one of the most frequently discusses issues in advertising today. Banding as a kind of marketing communication for consumers aims to create an image by designing and promoting certain products or services, their brand names, and additional values. Internat...

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Cultural Policy and History of Italy Italy is, for lack of a better word, a rather young state with it's origin in the year 1860. The first laws that were past by the state were in the years of 1908 and 1909 and they had to due with the culture of the country as a whole. Since the country is know...

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