Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British essayist who migrated from his native homeland of India for Britain at a young age. In one of his more popular essays, Rushdie expresses the importance of migration as something that should be done by all; however, American essayist, Russell Sanders, has a different opinion. In the passage, “Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World, Sanders uses several strategies and techniques to refute Rushdie’s claims as well as develop his own. The historical evidence found in the response serves a dual purpose. The first is to provide examples for his audience in order to further his credibility.
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Give some examples. Sikhism, founded by shirt guru Narran as a religion that encompassed equality, acts of kindness, and many traditional rituals that had to be performed. 6. Identify and describe Sikhism. Syncretic art was s specific form or type of art during the time that held Hindu and Buddhism influences at the time 7.
Widespread use of external sources and advisors e.g. customers on planning teams. It’s very important on free exchange and flow of information, systems are in place to ensure that expertise is available where it is needed; individuals network extensively, crossing organisational boundaries to develop their knowledge and expertise. It is also a Commitment to learning, personal development to support from top management; people at all levels encouraged to learn regularly; learning is rewarded. Time to think and learn (understanding, exploring, reflecting, developing).
Intergroup contact is where people from different lifestyles live, work, and study together. Furthermore, since they go through common life experiences, they find it fascinating to find a common ground with each other and learn more about one another. Lastly, equal status contact is contact on an equal basis. Both groups must engage equally in the relationship. Members of the group should have similar backgrounds, qualities, and characteristics.
One of the major themes of this book is what it means to be Indian. Up until this point, how had the world defined Indian-ness for Garnet? (p13) 7. List some reasons that people try to be things that they are not. Why do you think that Garnet tries to be things that he is not?
The themes of; relationships and connections that one has with those around them, the state and extent of acceptance and understanding one feels, and ones individual identity are manifested throughout Raimond Gaita’s, ‘Romulus, My Father’ as well as the film ‘The Black Balloon’ directed by Elissa Down and Bruce Dawe’s poem, ‘Drifters’. These texts greatly explore and exhibit the assumptions underlying the concept of belonging through visual and literal techniques. There are innumerable relationships within ‘Romulus, My Father’ that are exposed to the reader, some of which are more significant than other. Romulus’ relationship between his son and family is established and comprehensively explored though the progression of the novel. A strong father-son affinity is greatly evident and one that is frequently referenced throughout the novel.
This idea plays well in hand with the principle that cultures and ethnic identities are formed with shared values and preferences. In Putnam’s multicultural society, co-ethnics and non co-ethnics each share their values and ideals amongst each other for a greater common good—the betterment of society. By contributing different skillsets and viewpoints, social capital in a particular population will increase over time, which ultimately increases trust beyond certain ethnic groups that will lead to even more cooperation and meshing between non co-ethnic groups in the
Reece and Walker (2003) describe five main schools of thought regarding learning, Behaviourism, Neo Behaviourism, Cognitive, Humanistic and Gestalt Theory. Behaviourism is based on the concept that we learn by receiving stimulus which instigates a response (Reece & Walker 2003). This is saw as providing positive feedback to Sidney for tasks performed thus increasing confidence and further progressing his journey of self actualisation according to Maslow (1962). Cognitive theory implies that learning is more individual, it is more than just learning a task, it is reflecting on its
Vallerand suggested that the need for relatedness ‘involves feeling connected (or feeling that one belongs in a social milieu)’ (p. 300). Goodenow proposed that a sense of belonging at school reflects ‘the extent to which students feel personally accepted, respected, included, and supported by others in the school social environment’ (p. 80). Baumeister and Leary [ (1995) ] suggested that the need to belong is characterised by a need for regular contact and the perception that the interpersonal relationship has stability, affective concern, and is ongoing. In their seminal article on the importance of sense of belonging to wellbeing, they proposed the ‘belongingness hypothesis’, suggesting that “human beings have a pervasive drive to form and maintain at least a minimum quantity of lasting, positive, and significant interpersonal relationships” (p. 497). Failure to have belongingness needs met may lead to feelings of social isolation, alienation, and loneliness.