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Integrating Career Readiness Into Your Courses: Part II --> Global/Multicultural Fluency
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It's important to provide student voice in the CTE classroom in regards to promoting global/multicultural fluency for both our students as well as to grow professionally ourselves. As, we learned, "show & tell" can be a great way to provide an outlet for our students to not just share their backgrounds and perspectives but for everyone to gain new outlooks based on what is shared with us. This can lead to valuable soft skills and students learn to "manage" their fellow co-workers, colleagues, employers and future employees regardless of which field they transition to post-high school.
Nowadays, we live in constant interaction with a multicultural world. As instructors, we can help prepare our students for productive and positive experiences that foster greater acceptance and respect for others.
Additionally, we can encourage students to share their own cultures, allowing them to express themselves and spark curiosity about other cultures. Although we may face various challenges, such as differing expectations, stigmas, language barriers, and physical obstacles, we can take the time to learn about other cultures. By doing so, we can create a welcoming environment where students feel comfortable discussing sensitive topics and considering the feelings and concerns of their peers.
Students need to acknowledge we do not live in a monocultural world and the job and employment landscape will reflect this.
Teaching students to appreciate and be exposed to different cultural backgrounds and experiences will help them in the corporate world and in their futures.
Students need the necessary skills to enter the real world. They should have respect and understanding of other places around the world and other cultures and backgrounds. By helping students understand what culturally sensitive is can better prepare them for their future and working with others different than themselves.
Being aware of the privilege that you bring to the classroom can help you see your students as they are and learn from all the different backgrounds and cultures your students have. Cultural diversity should be celebrated and viewed as a huge strength/asset in every classroom.
I often talk to my students about "reading the room" to equally match someone's personality. I'd like to further this discussion in the future to include discussing our cultural backgrounds and how it can affect the way in which we communicate and engage our clients.
A strong intent to appreciate another has value that breeds stronger relationships and encourages a healthy end result for everyone.
being unaware of/insensitive to sociocultural differentiation within your student population is an excellent way to reach very few kiddos.
Cultural diversity is an asset to any classroom or workplace. People with various backgrounds bring new perspectives, and as both students and teachers we need to be willing to learn from one another.
I learned to be aware of the diffence in cultures that my students may be coming from and be better at understanding these differences
Multicultural fluency is something I am challenged by at the moment. I have an individual in my program that cannot read, write or speak english. I do not have the resources available to me to properly train the individual. Safety is the overall concern.
Multicultural Environments create more diversity in the workplace to allow for different ideas and perspective to become part of culture and growth of a company. Best solutions will be made by a team when problems are looked at from an open mindset.
Diverse backgrounds builds and enables the synergy of a group or team. Understanding the people around you makes you more intuned to the needs and wants you can naviagte to produce productive outcomes.
I have learned that diveristy may go beyond ethnicity and include those with different abilities, or disabilities.