Negotiating these differences between students and their teachers and also among themselves put forth a practical challenge both for teachers and students. ... Thus, "pedagogists", as Laurie Grobman (1999) maintains, " have turned to the resistance model, which proposes that we encourage students' appropriation of academic discourse to enable them to critique it" (432).1 By allowing students to bring their own stories, experiences, ideas, and critiques into the classroom, this provides the students with opportunities to work together, to learn from one another, and res...

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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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I worry that the novel will isolate and alienate African American students (Mcbride, "Culture Shock," Social Education, 1999, v63, p410)." ... Students must be involved in answering that question (McBride, "Culture Shock," Social Education, 1999, v63, p410)." ... In the end, the format of the exercise created an atmosphere of curiosity more than fear between the U.S. and foreign students. They had questions to ask and were intrigued to learn more about each other. ... The foreign students were actually from the same university as the U.S. students and were all in the graduate programs for b...

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In the United States there are many people who know how to speak different languages because they emigrated from different countries. Language is the basis of any culture, so if you take away the language you take away the culture. It is this loss of language that has taken today's generations from their traditions and culture. Culture is the belief or behavior of a particular society and the way of life of its people. In addition, culture also is the training, development, refinement of mind, tastes, manners, and all other products of human work and thought. ...

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ANALYSING MOVEMENT INTO AND IDENTITY IN THE GOTHIC SUBCULTURE TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction 1 1.1 History 1 1.2 Identification of problem 1 1.3 Objectives ...

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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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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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