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Working with Diversity Issues
By: Iris Perry
Diversity is wide spread in many areas of life. Even in today's classrooms
Diversity is sometime Challenging and often issues may arise.These are some of the Issues in today's
classrooms….Religion/CultureGenderLanguageCommunicationSocialRace
Gender
Religion/Culture
Language
Communication
Social
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
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
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.
Conclusion
In Conclusion, Being an Early childhood professional, it is our responsibility to handle, learn, and teach diversity issues sensitively.