needs of low income and minority populations are promoted by tailoring affective curriculum and instruction. Therefore, for low income and minority students, using affective curriculum and instruction techniques are crucial to advanced development in all other areas. Safe risk–taking, group research, and discussion in small collaborative groups are some of the needs of these populations. Particularly, following characteristics of the affective curriculum meet the learning features of low income and minority…
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inequality in America, and does race or ethnicity have anything to do with it? Inequality in the United States is not only projected to rise but may also bring along more defects in the society. The higher levels of inequality are connected to lower income, not only is race inequality a main component but we are seeing absurd levels of it. Inequality in the US is severe and has dramatically caused changes in education and race, and may possibly develop psychological effects. Inequality is a word that…
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as “relative standing in the society based on income, power, background, and prestige” (Woolfolk, 2013, p.211). According to the United Census Bureau of 2014, an estimate of 46.7 million people live in poverty, with 21.1 percent of them being children under the age of 18 ( U.S. Census Bureau, 2015). These numbers are petrifying, and as a future educator, I have to acknowledge that I will be teaching students living in a low socioeconomic status. Low socioeconomic students In the world of education…
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least that’s what they tell you. In some cases, all you need is a low income and average to low grades and you could get in over a person with more money and good grades. If you are a minority in the same situation, you are at an even higher chance of getting into college over an educationally qualified person. It’s a good and bad thing to look at the college admission process in this way, but the bad seems to actually outweigh the good in most studies and situations. College admissions needs…
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diverse drinking patterns across the board. For example, a study in a certain community in L.A. shows that Japanese-Americans and Chinese-Americans have higher rate of drinkers compared to Filipino-Americans and Korean-Americans who have higher rate…
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have a parent who was not born in the country. Furthermore, they are usually faced with great dissimilarity in their countries of origin. Introduction The quest of aspiration to live in a society where children considered being of humble backgrounds put substantive effort in their education to be able to rise to the level of middle class status. However, many of those children born under poverty usually have to struggle in order for them to realize their dreams as grown-ups. With this, nevertheless…
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circle implies that the lifelong hindrances and issues continue from one generation to another. For instance, most families in the west and southern states are suffering from the lineage of unemployment. The implicated unemployment and generational low wages create a milieu, in which children are not able to attend school. In such families, children have to work often to provide an earning for their families. Poverty in such instances disorients the structure of normal life in the society. Most children…
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This study of a nationally characteristic sample of women also show vice-versa results in terms of IPV influenced women’s health and welfare were affected by the specific types of violent acts among different racial groups. [18] There are plenty of studies done all over the world show the direct impact of substance abuse and the rate of IPV. One study done by University of Colorado on four different types of IPV like minor and…
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the Future of Capitalism Assessment 1: Group Project Submission date: 7th of November 2013 Rafal Leja Hang Nguyen Hoang Thanh Yingying Tang Jiaying Ding Tian Zhao Boxiong Xue Executive Summary This report investigates the case study of the U.S. Credit Crunch in 2007- 2008 and the future of capitalism. The report discusses the causes and impacts of the financial credit crunch on the economies and then it follows with the discussion on the future capitalism and role of government…
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This report will identify the health literacy issues for older Australians and in particular the literacy issues faced by Fiona from the case study on older people. Fiona is a 76-year old female living in a small coastal town and like many older Australians lives alone and feels quite isolated after her spouse passed away. This report will also look at the literacy issues that may impact on the health of Fiona and others in this age group, and the actions in improving health literacy. Health literacy…
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