Multicultural education, as an educational reform movement, has been given ample attention since 1960s. It has sought to promote the democratic values and educational equality in culturally and racially diverse communities. One of the most important issues at the forefront of education in multi-ethnic societies is how to bring social cohesion by helping people from different cultural, racial, l...

Background With the recent growth of multicultural families in the Korean society, the importance of the role of qualified visiting nurses in the delivery of culturally sensitive health care has grown dramatically. As the primary health care provider for multicultural families enrolled in public community-based health care centers, the cultural competence of visiting nurses is an essential qual...

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Accent bias is a consequence of ethnocentrism. No studies have examined accent bias across educational levels in the U.S., much less across students and professionals in speech language pathology (SLP), a field that requires multicultural sensitivity training. This study examines nonnative accent perception among three groups—high schoolers, SLP students, and SLP professionals. One-hundred-and-...

BACKGROUND Reading skills are critical to children's success in school and the increasingly technologic workforce. Children from low-income families are at risk for home environments that fail to promote emergent literacy and for reading failure. A home environment that encourages learning and parents who are involved in their children's education are important factors in school achievement. ...

Introducción: Los cambios socioculturales derivados de la globalización y los procesos migratorios en España confirman progresión consolidación hacia una sociedad multicultural. profesionales salud deben ser capaces orientar cuidados a las nuevas necesidades para que estos sean íntegros, eficaces calidad. Objetivos: Determinar elementos influyen consecución competencia cultural desde disciplina...

The diversity of the culture in world is a given thing. Billions people from different countries have produced varieties civilizations, ways life, lifestyle, custom, heritage, habits, values, and traditions. It hypothesized understanding can be valuable to student’s character building. comprehension multicultural modality more aware cultural dissimilarities. They respect any variance whose back...

Infusing multicultural content into courses and curricula presents an important challenge for college and university campuses across the U.S. All students benefit from exposure to diverse cultures and perspectives, while those from traditionally underrepresented groups are supported when their special needs and contributions are recognized. This section provides resources for designing curricul...