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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"Cultural awareness"”.
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Through the Eyes of a Child: Cultural Awareness via Appalachian Literature
… (from an Appalachian region in southern Ohio) cultural awareness is heightened through Appalachian literature during Appalachian book club meetings. The following research questions are examined: Do students’ literature responses reflect Jones’ Appalachian values (to be delineated later)? What …
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Effects of Cultural Awareness Training in Conjunction with an Established Bullying Prevention Program
… bullying within the context of children's cultural systems, and cultural awareness training has not yet been utilized as a mechanism to decrease bullying behaviors in the context of school bullying prevention programs.</p><p>This study examined the utility of incorporating multicultural …
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Transformation within College Students Participating in a Cultural Awareness Program: Perceptions of Becoming Culturally Competent
Cultural competence is defined as having the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to interact and assist people from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds (Sue, 2001). People who are culturally competent are aware of their own cultural background and the backgrounds of groups that are …
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The Impact of a School-Based Cultural Awareness Program on Students' Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem
… was to examine the influences of a school-based cultural awareness program on ethnic identity and self-esteem in fifth grade early adolescents. The development and implementation of a school-based cultural awareness program was intended to offer students a basic foundation for the development …
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Falling Up: Building Language Use and Cultural Awareness Through the Implementation of Humor in the ESL Classroom
… High-level ELLs often lack the linguistic and cultural awareness necessary to effectively communicate. Language courses often accentuate test-taking and language strategies, and courses that explicitly engage with and teach humor to students are simply not available. This thesis utilized a …
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Intercultural communication and critical pedagogy: deconstructing stereotypes for the development of critical cultural awareness in language education
… Pedagogyfor the development of „critical cultural awareness‟. This thesis provides answers to three operational sub-questions addressed in each of the three case studies, which contribute to answering the main overarching question in this study of how can Critical Pedagogy help in the …
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Reading In-Between the Lines: Exploring the Experience of Cultivating Cultural Awareness with White Teacher Candidates in a Liberal Arts University in Georgia
… critically examine their personal, racial, and cultural roots through autobiographical papers, literature circles using African American children's books, critical reflective papers responding to the literature circles, conversations, and interviews. Three bodies of research provided the …
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Communicating effectively across the cultural barrier : a cross-cultural study of the Sydney and Atlanta hotel industries
This study aimed to look at the importance of cultural awareness across the hospitality industry as a whole and the industry's response to this issue. The research set out three hypotheses based on one main research question. The research question postulated was: What guest services are Sydney and …
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Culture, l2 self, and emotion in the digital realm: developing learners’ interest in continuing to study Spanish
The present study centers on developing cross-cultural awareness using contextualized cultural projects. Drawing on the ubiquity of social media in learners’ lives, I used Pinterest as a means of exploring real-world cultural topics and leading learners to visualize themselves interacting in the …
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Cultural Diversity Awareness of Elementary School Teachers in Georgia Classrooms
This study determined the extent of cultural diversity awareness of in-service, elementary teachers in Georgia classrooms. The study also determined if different levels of cultural awareness existed between teacher groups in relation to their race/ethnicity, gender, level of education, number of …
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Learning to Walk the Walk: Narrative Exploration of Diversity Training for Higher Education Teaching
… wide variety of students with varying life and cultural influences, learning styles, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and spiritual beliefs. A large and increasing proportion of the student population in the United States come from homes that are culturally and linguistically diverse. If …
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Culture Teaching and Learning in an Advanced Placement Chinese Course
… paid to how Chinese language learners approach cultural issues and develop cultural awareness in the language teaching context of American secondary education. In order to address the research gap, the present study aims to explore how the teaching and learning of culture develop in an Advanced …
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An examination of two methods of teaching culture and a comparison of their effects on ethnocentrism among college students of German
… recently claimed benefits have emphasized cross-cultural awareness, open mindedness to promote understanding, a liberation of the mind, the end of the melting pot mentality, and an appreciation of foreign cultures.
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Cultural Competence Training and Its Influence on the Service Delivery and Professional Conduct of Psychological Health Workers in Limpopo Province Hospitals
Cultural competence training has increasingly been recognized as an essential component in improving the quality of psychological health care services in culturally diverse settings. This study examined the influence of cultural competence training on the service delivery and professional conduct …
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Huichol Yarn Painting as an Art Therapy Intervention to Promote Insight in Latino Children
… it can be used with Latino children to promote cultural awareness, self-awareness and pride.</p> <p>A group of 31 elementary school children were asked to create a yam painting and answer questions pertaining to cultural awareness, self awareness, and pride in the final product. There were a …
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Effects of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on the Literacy Learning of Latino Students
… and definitions regarding the terms multicultural education and equity pedagogy. Research studies confirm that addressing student’s culture, language, and social status with appreciation, inclusion, and sensitivity increases their academic successes. In classrooms, negative perceptions …
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