Religion and Ethnic Diversity ETH/125 Religion and Ethnic Diversity Buddhism was first found in India about 2‚500 years ago. Buddhism is an increasing popular religion that continues to be the leading religion in the Far East. Buddhism has advanced over to a large amount of countries that have embraced a vast variety of customs‚ rituals‚ beliefs‚ and practices. Buddhist’s do not believe that a God created Earth. Buddha is the only Master‚ Buddhist’s believe in. Buddhist’s acknowledge that
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Nursing 502 September 22‚ 2010 > Cultural diversity is a concept that is of increasing importance in the delivery of quality health care. It is this cultural awareness that allows healthcare professionals to see the entire picture of the patient and thus improves quality of care and healthcare outcomes The cultural values of specific ethnic groups have a direct influence on how they perceive healthcare‚ how and when they seek healthcare and how they respond to healthcare providers. There
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WHY SHOULD WE VALUE AND RESPECT CHILDREN Each member of staff within a childcare setting has a responsibility for the children in their care for the children’s well-being‚ learning and development. Each child therefore is valued and respected by all staff showing that they respect each child as a individual‚ realising each child has different strengths and weaknesses. However it is the practitioners’ responsibility to recognise the specific strengths and needs of each child as an individual
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family systems and beliefs‚ and indicate how these may affect the outcomes of counselling. Defining main cultural traditions “It is essential to understand our own cultural heritage and world view‚ before we set about assisting other people.” (Ibrahim‚1985; Lauver‚1986). It was noted by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2006‚ that “practitioners must consider and address their own prejudices and how they stereotype others. They must ensure
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UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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Religious and Ethnic Groups | June 5 2013 | Religious Group: Buddhism Racial/Ethnic Group: Black (African Descent). | | America has many religions‚ races‚ ethnicities‚ and languages from all over the world. Prejudice and discrimination has been around for years‚ and it still is to this day. This is something that will probably never go away as everyone has their own ideals‚ and beliefs. Buddhism and Blacks have endured prejudice and discrimination of their own for many years. Buddhism
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of people from a distinct array of ethnic identities‚ patterns of crime are often quite similar. For example‚ statistics have shown a large population of at risk black youth in the City of Toronto often indicted for street crimes. Or‚ the City of Vancouver‚ where the Asian youth gang phenomenon is at large (Mercer‚ 1995‚ 181). It is very important that the police forces in these communities represent or to the least have knowledge and sensitivity of these ethnic groups. Many of these at risk youth
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. University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek‚ Eastern) o Judaism
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MANASSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Cultural Diversity Essays Manassas City Public Schools Providing an innovative‚ engaging‚ inspiring and challenging learning environment for all students 2010-2011 School Year Cultural Diversity Essay Contest Grade 4 Topic (Local) Describe the changes that immigrants have brought to the cultural landscape in Manassas and Virginia. Virginia Studies Specific Standards of Learning: VS.4b The student will demonstrate knowledge of the life in the Virginia
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various racial and ethnic groups. In spite of the sides of our history where each group experienced prejudice and discrimination on different levels past and present‚ our nation is still rich with cultural diversity. From this I have learned a lot over the last nine weeks about my culture‚ other cultures‚ and the possible future if all of us come together to become a more pluralistic society. I began to understand the classification of subordinate groups (or minority groups) and how it ties into labeling
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