diversity issues
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Working with Diversity Issues
By: Iris Perry
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Diversity is wide spread in many areas of life. Even in today's classrooms
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Diversity is sometime Challenging and often issues may arise.These are some of the Issues in today's
classrooms….Religion/CultureGenderLanguageCommunicationSocialRace
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Gender
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Religion/Culture
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Language
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Communication
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Social
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Five Out Comes of Cultural ConflictsResolution through negotiation resulting in
compromiseOngoing management of the unresolved
conflictTeacher educationMutual education in which teacher and
parent educate each other
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We can Handle Diversity Issues using this Formula R= Reflect which includes both active
listening and self- reflection.E= Explain your perspective, but only after
trying hard to understand the other’s perspective
R=Reason; give the reason for your perspective, if you know it
U= Understand, both the other person feel empowered
N= Negotiate a solution only when both you and the other person feel empowered
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Suggestions For Approaching Cultural Conflicts
Take it Slow
• Building understanding takes time.
• You have to learn to cope with differences when there is no common resolution
Understand Yourself
• Become clear about your own values and goals
• Know what you believe in
• Have a bottom line, but leave space above it to be flexible
Become sensitive to your own
discomfort• Tune in to what is bothering you instead of just ignoring it
• Work to identify what specific behaviors of others make you uncomfortable
• Try to discover exactly what in yourself creates this discomforts.
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Conclusion
In Conclusion, Being an Early childhood professional, it is our responsibility to handle, learn, and teach diversity issues sensitively.