CHCDIV001 - Work with Diverse People

Why are women labeled as a minority group?

• Women have only recently gained recognition for being on an equal footing with men

• Women make up a smaller percentage of the Australian population compared to men.

• Women have had a more limited role in the economic, social, and political development of the country.

• Women have encountered similar forms of discrimination as minority groups.

A classification of people based on their national origin and/or culture.

• Acculturation
• Cultural Assimilation
• Ethnicity
• Ethnocentric

A strong feeling or belief about a person without considering the facts.

• Bias
• Ethnocentric
• Prejudice
• Stereotyping

Match the following terms related to diversity with their definitions:

• Cultural competence

• The act of including and involving people from all backgrounds and identities.

• Stereotype

• Promoting fairness and justice by ensuring that everyone has equal opportunities and resources.

• Inclusion

• understanding and effectively interacting with people from various cultural backgrounds.

• Equity

• A widely held but oversimplified and generalised belief about a particular group of people.

Holding negative attitudes and judgments about people based on their perceived group membership is defined as ​ (a)  

• prejudice
• assimilation
• intersectionality
• bias

Bias is a natural human tendency to ​ (a)   or hold preferences for certain things or groups over others, often influencing our ​ (b)   and decisions in subtle ways. Bias in primary and secondary schools can manifest through ​ (c)   choices, teacher​ (d)   , and classroom dynamics, potentially impacting the educational experiences and opportunities of students from diverse backgrounds.

• favour
• judgments
• curriculum
• interactions

The term ‘cultural safety’ describes the level of ​ (a)   , understanding and respect that families who are not from the ​ (b)   culture must feel before they will feel ​ (c)   with building relationships outside of the family.

• acceptance
• dominant
• comfortable

Indigenous peoples share a history of ​ (a)   and the involuntary separation of their children. To achieve cultural ​ (b)   , it is essential to recognise and ​ (c)   depict Australian history, including its enduring effects on ​ (d)   communities, and understand how historical events continue to influence ​ (e)   lives.

• colonisation
• competence
• honestly
• Aboriginal
• contemporary

Reorder the following five stages of culture disorientation:

• 1. The Reverse Cultural Disorientation Phase: immigrants return to their homeland and revisit their native culture

• 1. The Honeymoon Phase: the initial excitement of the new country

• 1. The Rejection Phase: immigrants must now deal with the day-to-day difficulties e.g.: understanding colloquial expressions, different food or second guessing their migration 

• The Regression Phase: retreat to the known, that is only mixing with people from the same culture, resisting new experiences, complaining about the new country and its strange way

• 1. The Recovery Phase: become more comfortable with the new country, learning the language, getting used to customs, trying new experiences

Approximately 1 in 4 Australians were born overseas.

• True

• False