Exploring Cultural Competence from a Sociological Point of View

A Sociological Point of View

A CRITICAL discussion of some of the social aspects of catholic education in this country i s no easy task for Catholics themselves. The difficulty lies in the remarkable degree to which the story of catholic education has become ingrained in the folklore of the catholic community. Whether one perceives the story in terms of the hagiography of penal times or in terms of the financial sacrifices...

Money from a cultural point of view

The Sociological Analysis of Barriers to Social Development in Iran, from Iranian Sociologist's Point of view

Social development is one of the most pervasive aspects of development. This article has addressed the analysis of barriers to social development in Iran regarding governmental universities faculty members' viewpoints. data collection was done via reviews and survey. The research sample consisted of 131 faculty members selected through purposeful sampling whose view toward social development ba...

Exploring Cultural Competence amongst OT Students

Occupational therapy relies primarily on communication between the therapist and client for effective intervention. Adequate communication may be influenced by language and cultural differences between the therapist and client. Cultural competence in relation to language and culture is thus a vital part in practice. Limited research exists on cultural competence in occupational therapy students...

Socio-cultural Patterns in Iranian High School Textbooks from the View point of Motivation for Research

Introduction One very important aspect of any textbook is its content in terms of the motivation it creates in the readers. This is specifically true in EFL textbooks where the learners need more than just content since content-wise, such books are not very much different from the learners’ world knowledge level. That is why material developers working in this area are usually consciously choos...