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CQ Megaskill: Shifting Perspectives
As a professor of sociology, one of the most important learning outcomes in my classes is that students will learn to shift perspectives. Shifting perspectives, a “megaskill” I discuss in Building Cultural Intelligence (CQ), is the ability to put oneself, … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Cultural Intelligence, comfort zones, community college, Community College Survey of Student Engagement, CQ, cross-cultural interaction, cultural intelligence, culture, diverse perspectives, global economy, leadership, learning opportunities, learning outcomes, megaskill, mental hospital, perspective-shifting, shifting perspectives, social responsibility, sociology, students, survey, The Invisible Man, Vietnam War, viewpoints, women's college
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McDiversity Training
George Ritzer, a sociologist at the University of Maryland, coined the term McDonalization to refer to the growing trend in organizations and the larger culture to possess the characteristics of a fast food restaurant. Increasingly, diversity training is being McDonalized; … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural competency, culture, ding, diversity training, fast food, hostility, Mcdonalization, restaurant, Ritzer, understanding, University of Maryland
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Exceptionalism, or Ethnocentrism?
President Obama has been taking a lot of heat for his comments, a good while ago, on the subject of American exceptionalism. In an interview, he was asked if he subscribed to “the school of American exceptionalism that sees America … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, America, background, conflict, cultural encapsulation, culture, economy, ethnocentrism, exceptionalism, global, isolationism, military, Obama, perspective, superior, values
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Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between White and Black/Latino/Native American public high school students is not getting any better. Any progress we have made in recent years has come to a halt. Seemingly, we have focused on all those factors that might … Continue reading