Multicultural Education

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct61% picked this

   It is impossible to adopt the perspectives and methods of a culture unless one is a

   Why this is right

   The 2nd method is "Use Western methods, but detach Western values. Don't judge another culture by your standards." The critics said, "Yeah, but using Western methods essentially imposes Western values (objectivity / chauvinism of science)". This answer responds by saying, "Well we would love to use the methods of the culture we're studying, but it's impossible to do so without being a member of their culture." In other words, the 2nd method is better than nothing. This answer is saying that it's impossible for an outsider to every adopt the methods and perspectives of the culture they're studying. Thus, the critics' objection will apply to every attempt to study a culture, which means it's an empty criticism. If we can't do anything about having our methods somewhat bias our study, then there's no reason to find fault with that.

   Skill tested: Weaken · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

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2. B

   No Impact6% picked this

   Many non-Western societies have value systems that are very similar to

   This tells us that at least a handful of non-Western societies will have values that are pretty similar to each other. This doesn't have any impact. There might be 100 different cultures we want to study. This is saying that at least 5-10 of them have similar values? Cool ... I guess that will be a bit of a time-saver when we try to learn about some of them, since some of it will be redundant? This has nothing to do with strengthening the 2nd method which says, "let's use Western methods, but detach Western values".

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3. C

   No impact12% picked this

   Some non-Western societies use their own value system when studying cultures that

   The 2nd method is "Use Western methods, but detach Western values. Don't judge another culture by your standards." The critics said, "Yeah, but using Western methods essentially imposes Western values (objectivity / chauvinism of science)". This answer responds by saying, "There is at least one society that uses its own value system to study other cultures." Using your own value system to study other cultures is the 1st method, which is disliked by both the 2nd method fans and their critics. So it's irrelevant, and it's incredibly weak because of Some. Answers with one-data-point language like "some, sometimes, at least, may, can, possible, not all, need not, not always" are almost always wrong on Impact questions, like Strengthen / Weaken / Paradox / Suff Assump, which begin by saying "Which answer, if true, most ?"

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4. D

   Irrelevant16% picked this

   Students in Western societies cannot understand their culture’s achievements unless such achievements are treated as the subject

   This is talking about Western students understanding Western achievement, by means of Western investigations which target these Western achievements. Whole lotta Western there. We're looking for an answer relating to the conversation of whether a Western investigation of a non-Western culture is tainted by Western values as soon as the investigation uses Western scientific methods.

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5. E

   No Impact5% picked this

   Genuine understanding of another culture is necessary for adequately appreciating

   The 2nd method is "Use Western methods, but detach Western values. Don't judge another culture by Western standards." The critics said, "Yeah, but using Western methods essentially imposes Western values (objectivity / chauvinism of science)". This answer responds by saying, "You need to really understand a culture to appreciate it". Uh-huh. We can imagine that both the 2nd method people and the critics would also agree with this. They're debating specific methodologies with which to go about trying to attain a genuine understanding of other cultures.

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