Discuss Issues of Equality and Diversity and Ways to Promote Inclusion with Your Learners. Review Other Points of Referral Available to Meet the Potential Needs of Learners.
PTLLS Level 4 Theory Assessment
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Discuss issues of equality and diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners. Review other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners.
Understanding and actively addressing issues of equality and diversity enables teachers to provide the optimum environment for effective teaching and learning. Issues of equality and diversity go hand-in-hand providing their characteristics are understood and promoted positively.
Awarding Bodies and Ofsted expect teachers and training providers to be proactive in ensuring equality and diversity in all aspects of teaching and learning and to promote this in relation to the six areas identified in the recent Equality Act (2010): age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief and sexual orientation.
Equality is concerned with legal rights and obligations that protect individuals and groups from discrimination, all of which have been strengthened through this recent legislation. In terms of teaching, entitlement to all learning opportunities, free from discrimination is a good starting point for this discussion.
Diversity is about respecting individual differences - difference that are both visible and invisible. It embraces equality by emphasising the value of being able to harness a greater range and collection of experience, challenging assumptions which may be held. about the diverse nature of age, disability, race, religious belief, sexuality, or gender.
Promoting equality and diversity with learners should be addressed at the beginning of the teaching / learning cycle and maintained throughout its different stages. It should also be promoted and addressed with and by employers, colleagues and the learning environment.
Teachers have a duty and responsibility to ensure their own behaviour acts as a role model for others in the learning environment and should always “challenge any direct or indirect discrimination,
Task: 3
Discuss issues of equality and diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners. Review other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners.
Understanding and actively addressing issues of equality and diversity enables teachers to provide the optimum environment for effective teaching and learning. Issues of equality and diversity go hand-in-hand providing their characteristics are understood and promoted positively.
Awarding Bodies and Ofsted expect teachers and training providers to be proactive in ensuring equality and diversity in all aspects of teaching and learning and to promote this in relation to the six areas identified in the recent Equality Act (2010): age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief and sexual orientation.
Equality is concerned with legal rights and obligations that protect individuals and groups from discrimination, all of which have been strengthened through this recent legislation. In terms of teaching, entitlement to all learning opportunities, free from discrimination is a good starting point for this discussion.
Diversity is about respecting individual differences - difference that are both visible and invisible. It embraces equality by emphasising the value of being able to harness a greater range and collection of experience, challenging assumptions which may be held. about the diverse nature of age, disability, race, religious belief, sexuality, or gender.
Promoting equality and diversity with learners should be addressed at the beginning of the teaching / learning cycle and maintained throughout its different stages. It should also be promoted and addressed with and by employers, colleagues and the learning environment.
Teachers have a duty and responsibility to ensure their own behaviour acts as a role model for others in the learning environment and should always “challenge any direct or indirect discrimination,
References: • http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/Equality%20Act%20Impact.pdf – Page 5 – May 01st 2011 Gravells, A (2011) Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (Fourth Edition): Learning Matters Ltd Bibliography Petty, G (1998) Teaching Today (Second Edition): Nelson Thornes Ltd Websites visited: • http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/Equality%20Act%20Impact.pdf – Page 5 – May 01st 2011