...ED1401| FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION | WEEK 4 |SECONDARY EDUCATION| GEMMA KYLE | 13182825 The reading of culture and education “The aims of education in the 21st century” and “historical insights of teaching” focuses upon the influence of education throughout history, and how it has become involved within political, social, economic and environmental prospects. The author places emphasis upon the prominence of education within social and political issues, suggesting that education is fundamental in all aspects of lives. The focus of this short essay will be placed upon how education has become important throughout history and how it has become essential for quality of life, in which the government/political prospects has made possible. The second reading highlights how the history of education provides an insight into how many educational circumstances were understood, addressed and conducted. Through the study of education throughout history, we can gain an understanding of how teachers taught, processes used in educational environments, and what the educational standards were of both teachers and students. For example, in the “historical development of provision and governance of education in Australia table”, it states that in the 1850’s, schools were provided by churches, local communities. At this time, the government and politics had no association with education and providing support for educational communities. In recent times, education and schools are provided by...
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...An education system is the reproductive organ of every culture. Education includes both formal schooling and informal transmission of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Individual members of a society grow old and die, while new members are born and grow to maturity. Yet a society's culture is a living entity which transcends all the society's individual members. A society's culture can survive far longer than the lifespan of any of its members, because its educational system passes down the folkways and knowledge of one generation to subsequent generations. This article looks at the assertion that education, broadcasts the culture of the whole society. Huxterbol, (2000) provides that education is the process of receiving or giving a systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. The Business Dictionary, (2014) propounds that education is the wealth of knowledge acquires by an individual after studying a particular subject matters, or experiencing life lessons that provide an understanding of something. Oxford Dictionary (2014) defines transmitting to send (information, sound, etc.) in the form of electrical signals to a radio, television, and computer. Durrell (2013) identifies transmitting as to communicate, as information or news. This implies that transmitting is to cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another: to give or pass (information, values, and so forth) from one person to another. Cultural knowledge is transmitted from teacher to...
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...it comes to education. How it would look like depends on our beliefs about it and how much we value education itself. In the article Learning as a Task or Virtue: U.S. and Chinese Preschoolers Explain Learning, the author Jin Li, discusses American and Chinese values and views on education. Both cultures were known for having emphasis on learning and having elaborated educational systems, however, the differences in how each culture perceives and approach learning sets them both apart. Both Chinese and Americans put great prominence on education as they believe that it is the key and base for their future. They also established complex educational systems in hopes that it would boost...
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...Outline and assess the view that the role of the education system is to reproduce and transmit culture. This essay will outline and asses the view that the view that the role of the education system is to reproduce and transmit culture. According to Bourdieu, the major of the education system is cultural reproduction. This does involve society as a whole, as Durkheim argued, but, instead, the reproduction of the culture of the ‘dominant classes’. These groups have the power the power to ‘impose meanings and to impose them as legitimate’. They are able to define there own culture as ‘worthy of being sought and possessed’, and to establish is as the basis for knowledge in the educational system. The high value placed on dominant culture in society as a whole simply stems from the ability of the powerful to impose their definition of reality in other. The possession of dominant culture is referred to as cultural capital by Bourdieu. This is because via the education it can be translated into wealth and power. Children of dominant classes acquire skills and knowledge from pre-school which puts them in an advantage because they have the key to understanding what is being transmitted in the classroom. Bourdieu claims that, since the education system presupposes the possession of cultural capital, which few students in fact possess, there is a great deal of inefficiency in teaching. This is because working students simply do not understand what their teachers are trying to...
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...Introduction English language was introduced in South China in the eighteenth century. It took root in the mid nineteenth century when a school teaching English was started. The first missionary schools lasted for 10 years (1835-1851). After the 1860 war the schools were reopened and they spread to other parts of china. Between 1872 and 1925 over 7,000 missionary schools were operational with over 260,000 students. Learning English was a means to learning modernized military methods and an opening for china to work with foreign countries and create alliances. Strained relations with USSR when Russian language was to replace English gave the Western culture a better impact opportunity (Hughes, 2006). The support of English has undergone many difficulties but since the 1980’s China has encouraged working relations and study opportunities in English as it has helped them economically, politically and in its cultural dynamics. English has received much support in recent years as it has made Chinas world market expand astronomically. On other hand, China is obliged to use English language for the purposes of international trade and interaction. This is because English has remained to be the world largest spoken language (Wu, 2012). Economical China has enjoyed successful relations with on a global scale for its conformation to the English language. Since 1980’s, Mainland China has been doing business with different international countries but especially those with an English support...
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...well as cultures, provides a challenge for nurses when it comes to delivering meaningful health promotion and illness prevention-based education. How do teaching principles, varied learning styles (for both nurses and patients), and teaching methodologies impact the approach to education? How do health care providers overcome differing points of view regarding health promotion and disease prevention? Provide an example. Nurses are exposed daily to different cultures and beliefs working in the healthcare field. On top of the diversity, we should be aware of their level of education along with their style of learning, this way it will allow the nurse to formulate the best teaching method possible for the patient. Patients with cultural differences may not be willing to participate in the education or even incorporate it into their lifestyle. There must be a form of trust to initiate any formal teaching. Assessing their ideas and values related to their health and illness, medication being taken, treatments rendered, and expectations are a good platform for an effective teaching/learning to begin. Healthcare professionals should learn about the cultural background of our patients paying attention to their body language and expressions. Cultural stereotyping must definitely be avoided and be sensitive to their needs. Teaching should be a multidisciplinary team effort that includes the therapy department, dietician, and social worker incorporating all needs of their culture. Teaching...
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...20/03/2014 Week 3 Lecture Understanding Culture Chapter 3 from Deresky (2011) Understanding Culture Topic Objectives: • Define culture • To understand how culture affects all aspects of international management • To be able to distinguish the major dimensions which define cultural differences among societies or groups • To emphasize the need for international managers to have cultural intelligence in order to interact successfully in international environment • Know how to use culture to define attitudes and behaviours at work • Be aware of the interaction between culture and internet. 2 Culture “A set of shared values, understandings, assumptions, and goals that are learned from earlier generations, imposed by present members of a society, and passed on to succeeding generations.” Examples: – Evidence of culture is in peoples language, music, food, beliefs etc. • Related concept: – Culture shock • A state of confusion of not knowing how to behave in a foreign unfamiliar culture. Copyright ©2011 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 3 1 20/03/2014 Culture and its importance Studies show multinationals face major management issues for poor intercultural skills of international managers. Research shows that cross cultural differences are cause of failed negotiations and interactions, resulting in losses to major multinationals of over billions of dollars! Furthermore, examples can be drawn from historical failures of Daimler-Chrysler...
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...of Intercultural Maturity Cultural diversity is the opposite of monoculture. It only refers to diverse culture or quality of various (Banks, 1997). Cultural diversity also means respect between different cultures that exist. It sometimes implies the existence of a variety of cultures like what we have in the world today, whereby particular culture occupy a particular region in the world (Banks, 1998). Globalization has been said to have had adverse effects on diversity in the world today (Banks, 1997). Culture influences how society members share experiences, heir values, fears, worries and hopes, culture moulds the perception and understanding of a community about the world. Culture enhances equitability and justice in the society (Banks, 1997). My goal in this paper is to discuss cultural diversity and particularly what we know about the development of intercultural maturity (Banks, 1998). Students from diverse social class, regions, ethnic and racial groups always perform and achieve differently in the schools (Banks, 1997). This act leads us to the need for equality in the education system; this will in turn close of the diversity gap. Intercultural Maturity is developed by formulation and implementation of multicultural education policies that will abolish culturally based education systems. Culturally biased education systems hurt education in that they might lead to racial discrimination and inequalities more so to the minorities. According to (Banks,...
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...Education System and Cultural Interaction In Relation to Technological Advancement Name: College: Purpose This proposal seeks to serve the purpose of providing a topic and basis for research for examination during the semester. Topic To explore Jamaica’s system of education, cultural interaction and the available natural resources in relation to the development of the country’s technological advancement. Introduction Every country has a culture that allows it to pass traditions and beliefs from one generation to another. Depending on one’s country, these cultures are different and may sometimes those of similar countries seem alike. Most the culture that one sees today is those passed down from ancestors. Therefore, this gives the implication that the cultures originated from the far past. This situation raises intrigue of where some countries got their cultures since they are newly formed and involves the settlements of many people of different backgrounds. Back ground One such country is Jamaica, which began as a place to re-settle freed slaves. The slaves came from different places where they practiced their different cultures yet they managed to integrate and be a nation that has a single national culture. Such integration without any supervision is marvelous and worth studying as this improves one's understanding. Ferraro implies that though cultures are diverse, they can still merge. However, in this case the merging should be relevant to advancement in technology...
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...Culture is not an easy and simple task to define for this purpose we have a definition which give distinguish between empirical and theoretical definition is to identify the gaps between empirical and theoretical culture which is sometimes not shown clearly in empirical culture beliefs and values ethnics religious and social groups are unchangeable “from one generation to another generation “ and empirical culture give same meaning of belief and culture and it combine these two terms when theoretical culture define belief and values differently some authors developed models in which culture is define as belief about consequences of one’s action but these beliefs are changeable and manipulated from earlier generation to the next generation by...
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...of Intercultural Maturity Cultural diversity is the opposite of monoculture. It only refers to diverse culture or quality of various (Banks, 1997). Cultural diversity also means respect between different cultures that exist. It sometimes implies the existence of a variety of cultures like what we have in the world today, whereby particular culture occupy a particular region in the world (Banks, 1998). Globalization has been said to have had adverse effects on diversity in the world today (Banks, 1997). Culture influences how society members share experiences, heir values, fears, worries and hopes, culture moulds the perception and understanding of a community about the world. Culture enhances equitability and justice in the society (Banks, 1997). My goal in this paper is to discuss cultural diversity and particularly what we know about the development of intercultural maturity (Banks, 1998). Students from diverse social class, regions, ethnic and racial groups always perform and achieve differently in the schools (Banks, 1997). This act leads us to the need for equality in the education system; this will in turn close of the diversity gap. Intercultural Maturity is developed by formulation and implementation of multicultural education policies that will abolish culturally based education systems. Culturally biased education systems hurt education in that they might lead to racial discrimination and inequalities more so to the minorities. According to (Banks,...
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...The Topic: Workplace Culture vs Education Culture. Facts: Vivian is having difficulties coping with her workplace requirements and demands. She strongly believes good grades from her diploma programme will lead her to a successful career. However this is not the case for her and many fresh graduates at the start of their career. Ideas: Workplace culture and education culture relevance to a successful career. Introduction: Culture defines a feature of a person's identity, contributing to how they see themselves and the groups with which they identify. Thus culture is formed through a set of common values, attitudes, beliefs and norms that can be defined by an individual or a group of people; some of which are straightforward and some of which are not [Brown, R, 2004]. An individual understanding of its own and others' cultural identity develops from birth and is shaped by the values and attitudes present at home and in the surrounding community. One’s identity becomes more complicated and fluid through time when people develop loyalty to different groups within the broader society. At the same time, cultures themselves are not stagnant but develop and change as the belief systems and ways of life of different groups adapt under other cultural influences including mass media and popular culture to create new identities. With reference to the problem scenario, Vivian understanding on education values and workplace expectations perspectives are inter-related due to the...
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...Johnson January 25, 2013 When talking about culture and how it can affect business practices brings up many topics. Culture is a system of values and norms that are shared amount a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living. (“Components of culture”, 2011, p.2) Values and norms have a huge impact on culture within the work place. Values are abstract ideas about what a society believes to be right or wrong, good or bad. Norms also shape culture; they are the social rules and guidelines that lay down the proper behavior in certain situations. There are several components that define culture; religion, political and economic philosophies, education, language, and social structure. Different countries have different religions views and values. Different religious have different views of work and material goods. Cultural views influence the competitiveness of companies, the way cultures change due to religious and the need to adapt to those changes. For example Mc Donald’s change the main ingredient in their product to lamb instead of beef because of the religious views of Hinduism. (“Components of culture”, 2011, p. 11) The way businesses adapt to different religion in different countries in a major component of how they prosper among many different cultures. The way different countries are taught education has a great impact on cultures and the way companies conduct business deals. Education is not only something that is taught in schools...
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...How a Multicultural Workforce Might Affect Teamwork and Communications in Large Companies Bethany Ward, Nicole Ortiz, Brandi Cook Learning Team B University of Phoenix COMM/215 Linda Lawliss February 5, 2007 Large companies find a multicultural workforce essential because they have to do business effectively with many diverse cultures in order to be successful. Unique skills and/or lower costs become more accessible to companies when they broaden their work forces. However, in working with different cultures and backgrounds, many companies face difficulties and challenges they must overcome. Managing a diverse workforce is an important task for today’s corporations. The idea of a diverse workforce is not a new concept. “According to The History Channel, in the 1850’s, Chinese and Irish laborers were brought over to lay the tracks for the transcontinental railroad, which raised anger of those who had arrived a hundred years earlier”. (Cartby, 2006). No matter how angry people may get over diversity and new workers coming to America in search of a better life, it’s not going to go away. Ethnic backgrounds are just one dynamic of a diverse workforce. According to the Workforce 2000 study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor: “Immigrants, women and people of color accounted for 85 percent of the net growth in the labor force throughout the 1990’s”. (Cartby, 2006). This study proves the workforce of the future is going to become even more diverse...
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...that were from urban areas and not people from rural areas. The early intelligence test also favored people who were of the middle class status and not those of the lower class status. The earlier intelligence test also favored people who were white rather than people who were black. In this paper the author will review several different articles that are related to intelligence testing. The definition of intelligence may vary among the different cultures (Rogoff, 1990). An example of the differences among cultures and the way they view intelligence is European Americans think of intelligence in technical skills terms whereas people that are from Kenya consider intelligence to be someone who is an active participant in family and social life. Another example of the way culture views intelligence is people from Uganda view someone as being intelligent if they know the right thing to do and then they follow through with the right actions. Another example is the of the variations on how intelligence is viewed from culture to culture is the latmu people that are from Papua New Guinea, they believe people who have the ability to remember 10, 000 to 20,000 clans as intelligent. The people of the Carolina Island people believe that people who can use the stars to navigate are intelligent. Intelligence testing can be vary cultural bias at times. A great example of how intelligence testing can be cultural bias is the example of Gregory Ochoa. While Gregory Ochoa was in high school...
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