Foundations of Cultural Diversity/Understanding Individuals Perspectives of Diversity
This a 2 part assignment
Assignment: 1
Questions:
1. What is your cultural heritage? What stereotypes exist in regards to your culture? Where do you think these stereotypes stem from? What steps, historically, has the culture you assimilate with taken to rebuke these stereo-types?
2. What images do you have about other cultures? Be honest in how your upbringing may have helped shape those images.
Essays:
1. Please refer to the diagram on page 5 of your text. After following the instructions for how to complete this diagram, only as a brainstorming device, answer the following questions in essay form. This short essay (1500-1750 words in length) must follow all APA standards.
A. What identities are most important in shaping your life? How has each identity contributed to your view of yourself and people who share that identity as well as your view of those who do not share that identity?
B. How has each identity contributed to your view of the world?
2. Please go to the following website and review the material contained here.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided
After doing so, answer the following questions in essay form. This short essay (approximately 1 page in length) must follow all APA standards.
A. What are your initial thoughts on this exercise begin utilized in an ECE classroom?
B. Would you integrate this into your own classroom? Why or why not?
C. Identify a specific age group and discuss how you would start to get children thinking about differences in the classroom in a positive way.
Assignment: Part 2
Write a response of at least 300 words for each of the three prompts:
- What was one of your earliest experiences concerning race? Describe the experience, how you felt, and how the experience was handled. If you could rewrite that experience, how would you change it and/ or how it was handled?
- Explain the concept of “best practice” and what it means in the context of diversity strategy. What are the challenges of developing and implementing best practices? What are the potential benefits?
- What are some of the ways that Pitney Bowes has aligned its goals for diversity with a market-driven approach to meeting its customers’ needs? Be specific.
