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9780534344955

Accessing Awareness and Developing Knowledge : Foundations for Skill in a Multicultural Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534344955

  • ISBN10:

    053434495X

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-07-17
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole

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Summary

McGrath and Axelson have thoroughly revised this useful workbook, and just like in the past it can be used alone or with the main text by John Axelson, Counseling and Development in a Multicultural Society, Third Edition (or with another text, as well). This experiential learning manual will help students develop an appreciation of the influence of one's cultural heritage and gain a greater understanding of the values, beliefs, and behaviors of people of different cultures. As in previous editions, this workbook encourages student to further develop the ability to appreciate and enjoy their own cultural differences and similarities.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism in the Context of Life and Living
Multicultural Counseling within the Human Services
Influences In And Understanding Of Cross-Cultural Experiences
Assessing Your Baseline of Multicultural Awareness
Assumptions about Others: A Group Exercise
Getting in Touch with Your Own Values
How Do You Relate to Various Groups in the Society?
An Assessment of Multicultural Contacts
What It Is Like to Be a Person of a Different Culture
Identifying Sources of Multicultural Information
Cultural Self-Awareness
United States Value Orientation
What Do You Believe about the Human Experience?
Stereotypes versus Reality
What Are Your Roots?
A Family/Culture Interview
Thinking about Your Family Heritage
Cultural Impacts upon Counseling
Heightening Our Awareness And Knowledge Of Others
Assimilation versus Cultural Pluralism
Comparing Cultural Values
Friendship Networks
Can You Remember?
Learning to Be Sensitive: Making a Tally
Discoveries through Travel
Interviewing Different Cultures
Cultural Profiles
Activities to Discover Human Diversity
Awareness And Knowledge Of Sociopolitical Issues
Getting in Touch with Your Own Social Identity
Influences of Social Identity
Imagine that Your Social Identity Changed
Challenging Your Thoughts
Can You Recognize Cultural Bias?
Biting Your Own Tongue
Prejudice: A Circular Trap
Field Study and Observation
Getting Ahead In The Usa
How Do You Relate to the Educational Experience?
What Were Your Own Formal Schooling Experiences Like?
Peers and Classmates of Differences
Teachers, Administrators, and Others of Difference
Working with Others of Difference
Types of Work Ethics
What Is Important in Your Work and Career?
Can You Identify Certain Aspects of Your Career Development?
My Current Career Goal
What If You Were the Counselor in a Culturally Diverse School?
Growth And Development
Reconstructing Your Early (and Current) Primary Family Experiences
A Worldview
Multicultural Flexibility
Assessment of Human Attributes
Assessing Awareness from Life and Living
Identifying Resources and Environments of Personal and Social Development
Assessing Quality in Human Support Systems
Thinking About Others'' Lives and How They Are Lived: Transcultural Experiential/Simulation Exercises
Approaches To Counseling And Counseling Interactions
Constructs for Guiding Life and Living
Understanding Counseling and Psychotherapy Approaches
How Do You Relate to Eclectic and Synergetic Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy?
Therapeutic Beliefs and Practices Not Indigenous to the Euro-American Culture
Exploring Ethical Issues and Standards
Cultural Awareness in Providing Human Services
Cultural Applications in Providing Human Services
Multiculturalism As A Force And Influence In Human Relationships
Bicultural Identification
Subcultural Identification
Multicultural Identification
Summarizing the Issues of Human Service Helping in a Multicultural Society
Multiculturalism as a Force and Influence in Human Relationships
Appendices
Selected Resources for Diverse Populations
Additional Questionnaire and Forms for Use in Interviewing Your and Other Cultural Groups
Journal of Critical Thoughts in Multiculturalism: A Record of Reactions to Multicultural Experience
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