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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
Sociology and Anthropology- Standard 1
The competent sociology and anthropology teacher understands culture and cultural diversity
Knowledge Indicators - The competent sociology and anthropology teacher:
1A. understands the ways groups, socieities, and cultures address human needs and concerns.
1B. understands how data and experiences may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of references.
1C. understands societal patterns for preserving and transmitting culture while adapting to environmental and social change.
1D. understands the importance of cultural unity and diversity within and across groups.
1E. understands specific cultural responses to persistent human issues.
1F. understands the ways in which science and technology influence central societal values, beliefs, and attitudes and how societal attitudes shape scientific and technological change.
1G. understands societal changes resulting from science and new technologies.
Performance Indicators - The competent sociology and anthropology teacher:
1H. explains the functions and interactions of language, literature, the arts, traditions, bliefs and values, and behavior patterns.
1I. interprets patterns of behavior reflecting values and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural understanding.
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