Good Article Review On The Self-Awareness Imperative

Intercultural communication

Intercultural communication

Summary -It says that multicultural competence of the counselors empowers them with skills to meet the challenges and demands of diverse client groups. Training in cultural competence can improve their self –awareness too.

Source : Scholarly article in Journal for Social Action in Counselling and Psychology

The demographic imperative
Summary -Switching and fertility share a significant role in the growth trajectory of a religious group. Early success in gaining members through switching has an important long-term impact which fertility alone cannot produce. The age of those switching into a group can also have significant consequences for the effects of fertility

Source: Scholarly article in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

The economic imperative
Summary -It highlights the efforts by Shanghai's, Singapore's and Hong Kong's governments to develop cultural icons as part of the strategy to help their cities gain global city status, and in the process, constructing shared national and city identities. Such strategies to achieve global city status are sometimes at odds with projects of nationhood too.

Source: Scholarly article in Political Geography, National University of Singapore

The technological imperative
Summary -Technology has turned out to be the symbol of our culture, and has developed to be a goal in itself. We are inevitably responsible for all aspects of technology and defending our decisions with respect to technology constitutes an unjustified renunciation of our own responsibility. It stresses on the need to develop technological axiology.
Source: Scholarly article in Seminar.net- International Journal of media, technology & lifelong learning.

The peace imperative

Summary -This article is about Palestinian and Israeli peace talks. It says that negotiation between the two countries is possible only through dialogue and a willingness to compromise

Source: Newspaper article in the Editorial of The Jerusalem Post

The ethical imperative
Summary -This article links the subjects of teaching and cultural competence. It proposes the instructors to consider the task of proactively building self-awareness, knowledge and skills in teaching of psychology as an ethical imperative and as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. 
Source: Article by American Psychological Association (APA)

References

Ahmed, S., Wilson, K. B., Henriksen, R. C, &. Jones. J. W. (2011). What Does It Mean to Be a Culturally-Competent Counselor? Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology,3(1), 17-28. Retrieved from: http://www.psysr.org/jsacp/ahmed-v3n1-11_17-28.pdf
Editorial: Peace imperative. (2013, July 30). The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved from: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Peace-imperative-321569
Hofmann, b.(2006). When means become ends: technology producing values. Seminar.net, 2(2), 1-12. Retrieved from: http://seminar.net/images/stories/vol2-issue2/bjorn_hofmann.pdf
Kong, L. (2007). Cultural icons and urban development in Asia: Economic imperative, national identity, and global city status. Political Geography, 26(4), 383-404. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.11.007
Rodríguez, M. M. D., Bates, S. C. , & Papa, L. (2013). Teaching psychology to a diverse audience: An ethical imperative in the 21st century. Retrieved from: http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/ptn/2013/09/teaching-diverse.aspx
Scheitle, C. P.,  Kane, J. B. & Hook, J.V. (2011). Demographic Imperatives and Religious Markets: Considering the Individual and Interactive Roles of Fertility and Switching in Group Growth. J Sci Study Relig., 50(3), 470–482. DOI:  10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01580.x