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Cultural Awareness: Organizational Improvement Plan For Improved Student Accommodation, Katheryn Pender
Cultural Awareness: Organizational Improvement Plan For Improved Student Accommodation, Katheryn Pender
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
Canadian colleges have the responsibility to be inclusive and diverse. The College is uniquely positioned to cater to a variety of students with varied learning needs. Concurrently, policy must accommodate students to encourage capacity to learn. The development of a campus environment that is culturally aware that supports a comprehensive student accommodation policy is the focus of this organizational improvement plan. Through the theoretical guidance of cultural organizational and evolutionary theory, a multi-year plan is developed. Capacity for the plan is through stakeholder representation and engagement. Further influence is garnered from an adaptive leadership approach that is communicated and organized …
Self-Reflection Among Teachers Of Culturally Diverse Learners: An Intervention Study Exploring The Influence Of Cultural Identity, Susan A. Dube
Self-Reflection Among Teachers Of Culturally Diverse Learners: An Intervention Study Exploring The Influence Of Cultural Identity, Susan A. Dube
Theses and Dissertations
Student achievement is at the forefront of conversations related to education, yet culturally diverse learners continue to experience academic success much less than their White peers (Ajayi, 2011; Alviar-Martin & Ho, 2011; Aronson & Laughter, 2016; Ladson-Billings, 2009). Persistent gaps in achievement, graduation rates, and completion of college degrees indicate that educators need to reflect on how students from marginalized groups are prepared to participate in the global economy (Crouch, 2012; Ford & Moore, 2013; Frankenberg, 2009; Pennington, Brock & Ndura, 2012). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a structured intervention program would increase in-service teachers' racial …
Experiencing Forms Of Decoloniality In Cultural Awareness Through Storytelling In A Public School, Ariana Del Mar Hoyos Martínez
Experiencing Forms Of Decoloniality In Cultural Awareness Through Storytelling In A Public School, Ariana Del Mar Hoyos Martínez
Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras
La conciencia cultural conceptualiza la dimensión cultural de la enseñanza de un idioma, lo que permite a los aprendices encontrar discrepancias y diferencias entre su propia cultura y la cultura de la lengua que aprenden. En esta investigación la conciencia cultural presenta un matiz decolonial que muestra cómo la colonialidad en la enseñanza del idioma inglés (ELT) ha ignorado nuestra pluralidad lingüística y cultural. En esa conciencia, los estudiantes pueden contrastar sus situaciones reales y su vida cotidiana como jóvenes colombianos en comparación con los países dominantes de habla inglesa. La narración de historias es una estrategia poderosa para revelar …