WELCOME TO CULTURAL
ISSUES
Week 1 – Course Introduction
Contact Information
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Marnie Kerr
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marnie.kerr@durhamcollege.ca
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Office – SW205
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Extension 2207
Sequence of Instruction
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Please refer to the week by
week syllabus I prepared and
posted on DCConnect. It
clearly outlines the weeks, the
corresponding dates, topics
being discussed,
readings/chapters, and dates
for tests and assignments.
Course Evaluation - CWY
Test/Assignment
Date
Mark Value
In-Process
Ongoing
10%
Online Quizzes
Jan 13, 20
Feb 3, 10, 17
March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April 7
10 x 5% = 50%
Personal Paper
Feb 10 – dropbox by midnight
10%
Current Events
Feb 3 – March 24 – beginning of
class
10%
Reflective Journals
March 31 – dropbox by midnight
20%
Total Marks
100%
Course Evaluation - SSW
Test/Assignment
Date
Mark Value
In-Process
Ongoing
10%
Online Quizzes
Jan 15, 22
Feb 5, 12, 19
March 5, 12, 19, 26
April 2, 9
10 x 5% = 50%
Personal Paper
Feb 12 – dropbox by midnight
10%
Current Events
Feb 5 – March 22 – beginning of
class
10%
Reflective Journals
April 2 – dropbox by midnight
20%
Total Marks
100%
Quizzes
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11 Quizzes to be complete on-line by midnight of
the due date.
Quizzes not completed on the required date/time
will receive a grade of “0.”
You may “drop” your lowest grade.
Assignments
1.
Personal Paper
2.
Reflective Journals
3.
Current Events
Assignment - Current Events
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Each person will present a current event related to
“cultural issues” in the first 10 minutes of class.
6 people will present to a small group.
The members of the small group will complete an
evaluation form.
Once presentations begin, students who are late will
have to wait until they are completed before entering
the room.
A schedule is posted on DC Connect
Ongoing In-Process
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This will be based on a combination of criteria;
 Attendance
in class.
 Participation in group activities and discussions refraining from using cell phones and side
conversations.
 Attendance and participation in current event
presentations.
Slide 10
The World as a Village
The World As a Village
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The World as a Village
Slide 11
Imagine that the Earth
is a village of only 1,000
people rather than a
world with over 6.6
billion inhabitants.
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The World as a Village
Though it would not be easy to
walk the Earth and get a sense
of its many cultures and societies, you
could walk through a village
of 1,000 people and get a feeling
for the diversity there.
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The World as a Village
Slide 13
Here is
what you
would see:
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The World as a Village
280
60
Slide 14
people under the age of 15 –
people over the age of 65
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Slide 15
World
The World
as a Village
as a Village
497
are female
503
are male
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The World as a Village
604
are Asians
141
are Africans
111
are Europeans
86
are Latin Americans
53
are North Americans
Slide 16
5 are Australians and
Pacific Islanders
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The World as a Village
477
Slide 17
people live on less
than $2.00 a day,
of whom 184 live
on less than $1 a day
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The World as a Village
170
Slide 18
have no access to
acceptable water supplies
430 have no access to
sanitation facilities
240 have no access to
electrical power of any type
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The World as a Village
124
Slide 19
adults are illiterate
(out of a total
of 720 adults)
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The World as a Village
1
Slide 20
is a physician
and there are 4 hospital beds
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The World as a Village
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62
50
48
Slide 21
people speak Mandarin
people speak Hindi
people speak Spanish
people speak English
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The World as a Village
Slide 22
29 people speak Arabic
27 people speak Portuguese
26
people speak Russian
26
people speak Bengali
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The World as a Village
598
Slide 23
people speak other
languages as their
first language
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The World as a Village
332
are Christians,
of whom 225
are Roman Catholic
204
are Muslims,
of whom 171
are Sunni
Slide 24
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The World as a Village
133
58
Slide 25
are Hindus
are Buddhists
129 are followers of other faiths
120
24
are non-religious
are atheists
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The World as a Village
Slide 26
In the village, there are:
180
telephones
342 cellular phones
130 personal computers
90 different newspapers
15 iPods
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The World as a Village
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Slide 27
people own automobiles;
some of them own
more than one
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The World as a Village
And if you came back in a year, there
would be
1011 people in
the village.
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Why is it important to study
Cultural Issues?
Why do you need to study Cultural Issues?
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To develop a better understanding of the concerns
and issues of culturally diverse clients and their
communities
To better understand your own personal and
professional values and relationships to clients from
diverse backgrounds
To allow you to become “culturally competent”
What is Cultural Competence?
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The ability of an organization or individual to practice in
a manner that is respectful of and consistent with a
client’s culture. (Anzovino, T., 2015)
What techniques can you utilize to assist you in being
culturally competent?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ&feature=youtube_gdata_pla
yer
Questions?