The Rhetoric of (Failed?) Multiculturalism as Basis for Varied Ethno-Racial Projects: The United States and Germany in Comparison Emerging during the post-WWII reality of the United States, the term “multiculturalism” has long been embedded into the fabric of American understandings of race and ethnicity. Despite recent efforts to move ‘beyond multiculturalism’, this word and the color-blind ideology supporting it will continue to shape the trajectory of attitudes, policies and activism in the
Ontario schools are preparing students and teachers to meet the literacy needs of the 21st Century Introduction The influences of multimedia, technologies, multiculturalism, multilingualism, emerging economies, corporations, and business organizations on education systems have numerous challenges for schools in 21st Century. There are about 4000 publically funded elementary schools and 850 secondary schools in Ontario which provide education to approximately 2.1 million students (Ministry of Education
theorisations of Paul Gilroy and others. Why does Gilroy (and others) suggest his notion of ‘The Black Atlantic’ as useful for re-imagining black identities? Introduction This essay will analyse the concept of ‘The Black Atlantic’ by sociologist Paul Gilroy. Written almost 20 years ago, it is an important concept which has been celebrated as instrumental in the re-imagining of black culture. Its framework will be examined by referencing its history and exploring some of its influences from other theorists
basic skills and performed menial tasks. However, students need new skills and capabilities to ensure their success in the global market. Teachers roles have also been redefined to guide students and the skills teachers now need are more complex than ever before. The effects of globalisation and the shrinking world highlights shortcomings and also creates new ones, this has also began a wave of change to
Ever since the advent of the civilization, the movement of people around international boundaries germinated new notions that vigour new movements and standards into the researches of social sciences and humanities. The historical events like war, colonialism or globalization are now deemed as the major ideological forces that is reshaping international relationships, community relations and the individuals place in them, a plethora of new key words have emerged. As people integrate into new host
importance of HRM as a business function is exemplified in Huselid's (1995) view that HRM practices influence employees' skills and competencies through the acquisition and development of a business's "human capital." Because HRM is such a fast-changing study it seems appropriate here to explain the alternative terminology that is starting to make the scene. "Human capital" was introduced in a statement by David Walker (2000), the Comptroller General: We at GAO use the term "human capital" because
Going Global: Advertising In The 21st Century Jeromy J. Clark 06/14/2011 In order to remain effective, the advertising industry has to adapt to changes and trends in society. Because of this, the general pattern of advertising plans will appear to essentially mirror their target market, or a specific group of people in that society, from the picket-signs of years ago to the high-tech advertisements of the 21st century. There are a number of factors that come into play, each affecting the other
leaders also can learn from the leadership of Tom Watson Jr. When it involved IBM, he also sought to live by his values as he led the business. In his book, A Business and Its Beliefs, Watson said, “If an organization is to meet the challenges of a changing world, it must be prepared to change everything about itself except its basic beliefs as it moves through corporate life. The only sacred
They note that in today 's political context, the concept of 'democratic racism ' helps to explain how Canadians can hold negative, racialized views of Aboriginal peoples while at the same time espousing liberal principles of equality, tolerance, fairness and justice (Henry et al, 2000). Democratic racism
This is the html version of the file http://www.arsrc.org/downloads/uhsss/adepoju_sexed.pdf. Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web. Page 1 1AFRICA REGIONAL SEXUALITY RESOURCE CENTRE Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series 3Sexuality Education in Nigeria: Evolution, Challenges and Prospects ADUNOLA ADEPOJU (PhD) Department of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education University of Lagos Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria March 24, 2005 © ARSRC 2005 ----------