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Culture Is Influenced by Social, Economic, and Political Factors

Culture Is Influenced by Social, Economic, and Political Factors As is evident from the above, intimately related to the fact that culture is bound to a particular context is that it is greatly influenced by the political, historical, and economic conditions in which it is found. It 134 culture and education exists not in isolation […]

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Culture Is Multifaceted

Culture Is Multifaceted Closely related to the dynamic nature of culture is that cultural identifications are multiple, eclectic, mixed, and heterogeneous. This means, for one thing, that culture cannot be conflated with just ethnicity or race. As an example, Mexican or Mexican-American culture may be familiar to us because it concerns an identity based primarily

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Culture Is Dynamic

Culture Is Dynamic Culture does not exist outside of human beings. This means that cultures are not static relics, stagnant behaviors, or sterile values. Steven Arvizu’s wonderful description of culture as a verb rather than a noun captures this essence of culture beautifully.4 That is, culture is dynamic, active, changing, always on the move. Even

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Defining Culture

Defining Culture Previously, I have defined culture as “the ever-changing values, traditions, social and political relationships, and worldview created, shared, and transformed by a group of people bound together by a combination of factors that can include a common history, geographic location, language, social class, and religion.” As is clear from this definition, culture is

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Culture and Education

Culture and Education By this point in the volume, the need for dialogue in public spaces may seem obvious. But having this conversation occur in shared, respect- ful, and productive ways is not easy in diverse, pluralistic settings. It may be even more difficult in those settings where differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, and

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kinesiology

kinesiology High school You will create a curriculum map year at a glance. It will be similar to the one pictured in table 4.5 of the textbook. You will need to refer to at least one of the following resources. In California, we use the California Content Standards. If you are in California, or plan

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Describe a current or past school improvement effort at a (your) school. How could action research potentially further that initiative?

Describe a current or past school improvement effort at a (your) school. How could action research potentially further that initiative? (MY SCHOOL IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTION AND THEN REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S DISCUSSION TO THE ABOVE QUESTION AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE. (MINIMUM OF 325 WORDS TOTAL FOR BOTH)                                                              CLASSMATE’S POST

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