Reflection #3 Final individual cultural diversity course reflection

Cultural diversity course has many things that benefit the student in their lifestyles, behavior and their attitude. They also will know the different major problems in the world that have to be solved and not to be done by our culture.

I enjoyed many things and many classes, such as the classes that contains videos that describes other cultures or their problems and how they handle them .the other activity that I liked is when we had to make a video about our culture and civilization, and about our history, at the same time we learned and knew more about our historical objects.

 The thing that I learnt about this course is communication skills, and how it affects the treat between people, and its important. The age for teaching students about cultural diversity is 18, because at that age they will know the importance of it.

Harmony Day is managed by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination It is a day of cultural respect, widely celebrated across schools, childcare centers, community groups, churches, businesses and federal, state and local government agencies.

Final presentation

Exercise #10a

Exercise #10a:

Modern slaves today:

Slaves should be treated equally with other people , we should not treat them as slaves , they are humans that have feelings and they have family and a life to live for , all of them should have respect and be treated as workers and have the rights as anyone else .

They Don't have enough facilities to live an entertained life so they should be cared about .

Portfolio - Exercise#8a

Exercise #8a:

Below is a brief explanation of the cultural dimensions:- 

· Low-context and high-context culture.

Low-context	High-context
My mates are low-context	Our school principal is a high-context

· Individualism and collectivism.

Individualism	Collectivism
Our couch works individually	Working  in groups is an example of collectivism

· Low power distance and high power distance.

Lower power	Higher power
Ahmed and Ali have a close relationship	most of the people who are in sensitive positions, get every thing except relationships

· Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance.

Uncertainty tolerance	Uncertainty avoidance
neighbouring are uncertainty tolerance, they don’t plan carefully as Germany do.	in Germany there is a reasonable high uncertainty avoidance compared to Denmark.

. Task orientation and social orientation.

Task orientation	Social orientation
mostly focus on a specific group and needs to work individually	It explains the choice of behavior for a person in particular environments.

Portfolio - Exercise#7

1. What is Ethnocentrism?

          Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. Ethnocentric individuals judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group or culture, especially with concern for language, behavior, customs, and religion

2. Three examples of ethnocentrism from history.

- Aryan Nations in America

-- European Imperialism

Nazi in Germany

3. What country is known for being ethnocentric today?

- United States of America.

 

4. What is the famous quote from Shylock which reminds all of us of our humanity?

                      In literature, the Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare portrays an intense disagreement between the Jew, Shylock, and the Christian, Antonio. Antonio constantly scorns Shylock for being a Jew, which ultimately culminates in one of the most famous speeches of all time: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?"

 

5. Two maps of ethnocentric Americans and ethnocentric India.

 

 

6. A map showing how Emiratis see the world.

 

 

Portfolio - Exercise#6

Adverse Reactions to Diversity - Portfolio exercise #6

Course: Cultural Diversity  Code: LSSS N205

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use Internet resources to help you.

1.     Define:

            a.     Stereotyping: is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things.

            b.     Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

            c.     Bias: inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

            d.     Discrimination: it is a behaviour where it treats people unequally.

      2.     Give an example of each:

            -       Stereotyping: Girls are not good at handling jobs, Girls are clever than guys.

            -       Prejudice: he has also done some work on national identity and racial prejudice.

            -       Bias: non-locals are not getting a salary same as Emirati people.

            -       Discrimination: white people hate black people.

Watch Class Divided

 Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.     Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

In 1950, and the experiment took place in primary school in grade 3

2.     Describe the experiment.

       There was on class students and the discrimination was based on students eyes color. The instructor said that the blue eye students are superior and they are better than brown eye students in the first day. In the second day, she said that the brown eye students are clever and better than blue eye students. And the aim of this experiment was to educate them about discrimination practically.

      3.     What were the results?

They were very effective among the students, they felt sad and depressed, 

       4.     How successful do you believe it was?

It is very successful experiment, and we can notice that they recognize the meaning of discrimination  and feel what other people feels like when they are treated badly. 

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

- a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

 

- a time she or he discriminated against somebody else

before month ago , I shouted at a counter because the bell was not correct .

- a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

-  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it

Reflection #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPHXW-XV240

Portfolio - Exercise#4

Everest climbing team

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1. List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name	Responsibility	Country	Skills
- Sumyo Suzuki	Expedition and Documentary	Japan	photographing
- Ed Viesters	Leader	USA	Expert climber
- Chyangba	Cook	China	Cooking
- Aeaceli Segarra	Climber	Spain-Barcelona	climber
- Roger Bilham	Scientist	England	Scientist/climber
- Paula	Base camp manager	USA	climber
- Jamling	Climber	Nepal	climber

2. What were the qualities or skills of each member that supported the team?

Each member in the team have a unique skill that benefits the team. For example, Sumyo Suzuki is   photographer and he is responsible for the Documentation in the climbing trip. Also, Chynagba is a cooker in the camp in which he is providing a food for the team. And the Scientist Roger Bilham who spend a time for making some studies while camping on Everest summit. As well, every team have to have a leader to be successful, and the leader of the team was Ed Visters.

3. How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)?

Many of the Team members are from different countries and from different cultures, but many things helped them to success reaching to the Everest summit like respect of each other, team working and discipline in doing the their duties