Multicultural School and Students Psychosocial Adjustment

ISBN-13: 9786200476647 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str.

Philip Idowu Amaihian; Dele Augustine Oyebiyi; Woliat Adeyemo

Opis

The multicultural nature of our society and the associated problems on the combination of inter cultural, personal, inter personal issues and educational values for adaptation and cross cultural adjustments, people find it difficult to integrate into new environment. Most of the students within a diverse culture are face with psychological and sociocultural challenges and inability to adapting to the new environment due to fear of discrimination, loss of identity ,injustice and cultural prejudice,loss of home contact and ineffective culturally infused curriculum.These have made students traumatized, stressed, fear and emotionally disturbed Thus, the aim of examining the Psychosocial challenges and students adjustment in multicultural schools. The book recommended that, for students to effectively adjust to the new culture, there should be introduction of inclusive cross cultural curriculum, conducive environment for culture reorientation, the counsellors should encourage social networking among the students ,provide enabling environment for students to be adaptive, assertive and have high sense of self esteem, integrate, adjust and imbibe the culture of the new environment.

O autorze

Amaihian, Philip IdowuAmaihian, Philip Idowu,(Counsellor&Educationist),Federal Polytechnic,Nasarawa. Oyebiyi,Dele Augustine&Adeyemo,Waliat Folashade.(Lecturers& Counsellors)Federal College of Education,Abeokuta Nigeria respectively.The authors are members of Counselling Association of Nigeria,Association of Professional Counselors of Nigeria with years of experience.