Understanding Cultural Diversity in Education
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ScribdTranslationsIntroduction
In this essay, I will talk about the topic of cultural diversity as seen, as already...
we had seen in the Sustainable Development class is like a phenomenon
interesting within our social reality. The understanding of this social fact
it is essential to promote respect for cultures, specifically for the
people, their expressions, and ways of life, among other aspects that
involve.
The first part will address the different conceptions of what it represents for
society and cultural diversity, subsequently it addresses the current conception of
this fact, its impact on education, as over time they have
there have been social and educational policies that have built with these
Finally, a bit is said about the situation in Mexico.
When we use the term 'culture' in daily conversation, we generally
we consider equivalent to 'the highest aspects of the mind', such as art,
literature, music, and painting. As sociologists use it includes
such activities, but also others. Culture is related to ways of
life of the members of a society or its groups. It includes the way of dressing,
marital customs and family life, work patterns, the
religious ceremonies and hobbies.
The term 'Culture' is conceptually distinguished from 'Society' but there is a
close relationship between both concepts. A society is a system of
interrelations that connect individuals.
No culture could exist without society, but likewise, there cannot be
a society devoid of culture. Without culture, we would not be 'human' at all,
in the sense that we normally understand this term. We would not have a
language in which to express ourselves nor awareness of ourselves and our ability
for thinking and reasoning would be considerably limited.
Development
The concept of culture
The classic definition of culture given by Taylor is somewhat vague, though easy.
to understand: culture is, according to him, "a complex that encompasses knowledge,
beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs and other acquired abilities and practices by the
man as a member of a society.
Culture can be understood as a relatively integrated set of
ideas, values, attitudes, ethical assertions, and ways of life arranged in schemes
or patterns that have a certain stability within a given society, in such a way
that orders the behavior of its members. All that man is and does and
which does not solely come from its biological inheritance is, therefore, covered by the
field of culture.
Language, for example, is not only a crucial component of all culture, but
that culture itself is a language.
The rich cultural diversity of Latin America can become a potential for
creativity, growth, and human development, or in a source of enormous tensions
social issues. Public policies, particularly in education, are responsible for
transforming cultural diversity into a factor of understanding and not into one of
social exclusion. These give cultural diversity an ethical connotation and can
convertirla en fuente de pluralismo cultural o de discriminación.
The UNESCO Regional Education Office has considered how policies
Educational institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean have faced the issue of diversity.
cultural, particularly the ethnic and linguistic diversity of the peoples
natives; how to think about educational policies aimed at appreciating diversity
cultural and the construction of increasingly intercultural and inclusive societies;
how can education take advantage of the wealth of cultural diversity to
improve the teaching-learning processes and contribute to development
more fulfilled human; and how to turn cultural diversity into a source of
understanding of pluralism and social cohesion.
These concerns have led to research and publications that contribute to
knowledge of the influence of cultural processes to improve
school learning and educational policies. The concept of 'relevance'
the cultural aspects of learning have been incorporated as a key dimension for
understand the quality of education and evaluate the progress of the Regional Project
Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (PRELAC).
Globalization is a worldwide trend (model), in which, whether we want it or not,
we have to insert ourselves; it simply arose for historical reasons. This same
seeks to harmonize cultures (languages and customs), beliefs (syncretism) and
education; aiming (vision) for the world nation, that is, the citizen
planetarium. Labor and commercial relations become generalized, computing, in
all its forms of manifestation have global coverage, science and the
technology is within reach of those who can afford it. Importance is given to the
planet conservation - man's relationship with nature - the
environmental pollution in production processes and in all of this we
we found included.
Within globalization, human rights also emerge.
universal. However, within it, there can be relationships that do not
necessarily have to do with the interests of the great majorities. There is
Specify the importance of citizen participation as a way to ensure
the interests of all groups that make up society, both at the communal level,
as national and planetary. In that perspective, the understanding of globalization
as a process it becomes more than necessary, especially since globalization
understand as a phenomenon that is expressed in the different instances of the
society, that is to say the political, the economic, the social, the cultural, and the environmental.
Conclusion
In conclusion, this topic may not seem important, but it is.
higher up it says that if we do not know customs, languages, dialects, it is like for
survive because that is how we learn from others and that makes us better as
people, having a culture of knowing that dialects exist, that communities exist
distant from ours with different characteristics, customs, that each person
think differently, there are trends that are part of our society
which many people do not accept, and it is wrong because that is called a lack of
culture and has been considered especiallyinterestto the different studies and
investigationscarried out on the cultural identities vested with the
cultural manifestations proper, which have existed throughout
historyof humanity, but it is also curious how cultures
they are strengthened or manifest in different ways as beings are identified
humans from a region.
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Nombre: Christian Pedro Bruno Jiménez
Profesora: Caballero Salmerón María Esther
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