Sentences with phrase «for multicultural understanding»

In 1990, we published the book To Hold Us Together: Seven Conversations for Multicultural Understanding, to support our multicultural work in schools.

Her books include The Advisory Book, To Hold Us Together: Seven Conversations for Multicultural Understanding, and Lively Learning: Using the Arts to Teach the K - 8 Curriculum.

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The AAC monograph, for instance, identifies nine «methods and processes, modes of access to understanding and judgment» (ICC 15) that it thinks are essential to know: logical analysis, verbal literacy, numerical understanding, historical awareness, scientific method, informed and responsible moral choice, art appreciation and experience, international and multicultural experiences, and study of one field in depth.

Both are important in every person's life — even humanism / atheism is a set of beliefs and morals, both have been used for great good and great evil, thorough understanding and acceptance of both is essential to thriving in today's multicultural world.

Appreciating, understanding and thriving in our multicultural world seems like an obvious goal for families who have adopted internationally.

Such multicultural study simultaneously creates the premises for more tolerant and self - critical attitude, while instilling a greater understanding of the ways that cultures have evolved.

Our vision is to become the preeminent organization for promoting and developing a greater understanding and appreciation of the multicultural splendour and heritage of India, in all its facets, among Canadians.

I have also included sheets for foundation phase in wales which incorporate Bilingualism and Multicultural understanding.

I have a master's degree in multicultural & international education and work beyond the classroom — I started the Bridge Program (for intercultural understanding in school) and last year ETN (English Teachers Norway), where our vision is to increase interest in English as a subject at school and university.

In order for prospective teachers to become effective teachers in our multicultural society, they must first understand their own identities as complex multidimensional people in a multicultural society.

The author shares research in every chapter to help readers understand the evidence for the topic being discussed, for example, positive mindset, recent work on multicultural perspectives in education, and varying approaches to classroom discipline.

The students will be offered reading lists, and website links for multicultural books, suggested ideas for family outreach initiatives, multicultural learning strategies within the classroom, challenging inner biases and / or stereotypes about children from other cultures, getting to know the whole child, understanding the cultural family dynamic of your students, and learning to adapt the classroom to the needs of your diverse body of students, etc..

The school community promotes cultural awareness and understanding and provides opportunities for multicultural and intercultural experiences and activities.

As we worked to foster multicultural understanding, we saw that operating in an imaginative mode through the arts brought out great possibilities for building community.

For example, teachers who are sensitive to multicultural values and non-academically oriented families may understand why some students actively avoid deep engagement in school while others embrace it.

Similarly, the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC, 2001) requires evidence that degree candidates understand the implications of confirmed multicultural scholarship for educational practice.

This will require them to work with parents and local communities in understanding the traditional Eurocentered school system and one of the first steps in the process is advocating for multicultural education.

As the United States continues to experience a population shift, it becomes increasingly important for leaders to understand the need for multicultural education.

Seeking to further understand how technology can be used in social studies classrooms, this paper examines the ways in which a skilled high social studies teacher used educational technology as a tool for multicultural democratic education.

Recommended Strategies: Intrinsic Provide constructive and consistent feedback Give choices, focus on interests Vary teaching styles to accommodate learning styles Provide for active and experiential learning (e.g., role plays, simulations, case studies, projects, internships) Use bibliotherapy and biographies Use mentorships and role models Adopt an education that is multicultural — culturally relevant and personally meaningful, an education that provides insight and self - understanding Have nurturing, affirming classrooms

They are presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee of the ALA's Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) to encourage the artistic expression of the African - American experience via literature and the graphic arts; to promote an understanding and appreciation of the black culture and experience and to commemorate the life and legacy of Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in supporting the work of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for peace and world brotherhood.

Today, the NWHP is known nationally as the only clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women «Äôs history for educators, community organizations, parents, and for anyone wanting to expand their understanding of women contributions to U. S. history.

The Maryland Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (MAMCD) is devoted to promoting a greater understanding of culture and ethnicity to the counseling profession, while at the same time, improving on the clinical interventions for improving on the standards and practices of multiculturaMulticultural Counseling and Development (MAMCD) is devoted to promoting a greater understanding of culture and ethnicity to the counseling profession, while at the same time, improving on the clinical interventions for improving on the standards and practices of multiculturalmulticultural counseling.

In addition, I ask you to please notice those colleagues around you who are working to engage others, who are writing, mentoring, teaching and researching multicultural issues in group work and making contributions to group psychology practice, with a focus on promoting understanding and respect for diversity.

The journal promotes a better understanding of both intra - and inter-ethnic family interaction that is essential for all multicultural societies.