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Assignment - Reflective Essay - 2000 words

a) Define culture and identify key issues for people living in a multi-cultural society such as Australia.

b) Analyse how oppression, racism, discrimination and stereotyping operate to create social inequality.

c) Examine their own cultural background, experiences, attitudes and values and how these have impacted on their assumptions about non-dominant cultural groups

Purpose - The essay is to demonstrate reflection on how your history, explored in Part 1 and Part 2, may impact on your work practices with diverse client populations in multicultural

Australia.

Process:

Part 1: Investigate your cultural origins, the length of time your family has been present in Australia, and your cultural beliefs, values, attitudes and experiences.

Part 2: Document your experience of discrimination, racism, prejudice, and cultural privilege and dominance in your own history and analyse the influence of this experience on your identity and assumptions.

clear investigation of cultural origins

inclusion of cultural beliefs, values, attitudes and experiences in the investigation of cultural origins

documentation of experiences identified in Part 2

analysis of the influences of experiences, identified in point 3 above, to identity and assumptions reflection on how your cultural learning may impact on your work practices with diverse client populations

main ideas clearly and logically presented

relevant research and scholarship literature used appropriately to support claims

correct academic writing style used, including correct spelling, grammar and punctuation

presentation guidelines followed as specified in the learning support website

in-text referencing and reference list follows APA referencing style (6th ed.)