My ideal future Career setting is to become a multicultural counselor. Multicultural counseling is a relatively new profession that focuses on helping culturally diverse individuals adapt and guiding them through cultural transitions. Like the traditional counseling profession, multicultural counseling aims to empower individuals and enhance their overall wellness (Erford, 2014). Therefore, the goal of my future career is to strive for client’s self-actualization. This includes concentrating on reaching
dates back from medieval times in Asia and Europe, when international scholars got the opportunity for higher learning at the host institutes. The main difference between ancient way of internationalization of higher education and modern approaches is that the later has also taken into account the amongst others the social, civic and global trends to promote students’ knowledge and learning (Welikala,
Introduction Topic The topic under study concerns analyzing racial inequality through integrating multicultural education while reducing the marginalization of Africa American students who have behavioral and emotional disorders in special education programs. Problem statement Ethnic and racial disparities in most of the schools have risen at an alarming rate in the special education programs. There has been an increasing disproportionate placement of the various students in the special education
Diversity implies differences in people based on their identifications with different groups. But it is more. Current literature defines diversity as a process of acknowledging differences through action (Carnevale & Stone, 1994, p. 22). Schaefer (1990, p. 47), for example, argues that cultural pluralism implies ". . . mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another’s culture, a respect
It is a process that begins with destroying a people’s culture and attempting to replace it with a new culture through educational processes (Spring, 2013, p.9). The new culture is what has often times been described as the better, more civilized culture. This is a process that has been practiced throughout the history of our nation. After the English made their way to America, Native Americans
diversity, the differences in cultural milieus and the curriculum for students. Paying attention to the definition of cultural diversity helps universities enhance their educator’s interpretations of multicultural
Childhood is a valuable moment one must enjoy to its fullest because it is the time when one can freely be happy. It is an interesting life event that everyone must go through since it is an inevitable biological process of development. One must acknowledge their past in order to understand not only themselves but others as well. Without this acknowledgement, one cannot recognize oneself nor can one appreciate others. Family teaches one about traditions that they believe in as well as because it
supportive arguments that show that multiculturalism is working in Canada. Canadian economy is becoming more prosperous due to skilled immigrants, a key source for Canadian companies in the new global economy. Schools in Canada have created a multicultural curriculum, which
on the earth, all societies exhibit basic patterns of behavior that help contribute to their survival and reproduction of the species. These universals exist today in part due to cultural change and cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the process where cultural traits are conveyed from one society to another, either through migration, trade, music, art or religion. (Reference Winthrop) Accepting the fact that culture is transmitted through diffusion is an important step to understanding the
useful in determining the impact and effects of family, work, and community on the complaint. As a counselor, being critical of the flaws, strengths, and sometimes unethical diagnoses that are applied to people of color will assist me in being open to learning about other ways in which clients' can be recognized as unique individuals. (Velasquez et al., 1993; White,