Unit 1 Equality and Diversity
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality and Diversity
Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment.
• The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk
• Then work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly
• When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference
• Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number.
Name: John Heath
1. What is meant by diversity?
Diversity refers to variations across society. These variations can be in gender, age, religion, culture, ethnic origin, sexuality or class (not an exclusive listing), although for the most part it is the more visible, major differences that are seen by society in general to be covered by the term.
2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of:
• Interests:-
My local community has a very diverse collection of personal interests, those that are most apparent in conversation are: History, Body building, Ornithology, Motor vehicles/Historic cars and Gardening. The only interests obvious to visual scrutiny are gardening and an interest in historical cars with a display of horticultural prowess visible in many places and in one case a flow of historical vehicles appearing and being worked on and renovated, at present a 1930s saloon and a 1950s police car visible, whilst being worked on.
• Beliefs:-
This is definitely not obvious in our local community, with few noticeable signs to be seen. With a deeper knowledge of the local populace it becomes obvious that the majority are Agnostic, with a fair number of followers of the C of E (Active & Lapsed), one Evangelical Baptists, one family each of Jehovah's Witnesses', Muslims and
Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment.
• The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document, either onto your computer or a disk
• Then work through your Assessment, remembering to save your work regularly
• When you’ve finished, print out a copy to keep for reference
• Then, go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number.
Name: John Heath
1. What is meant by diversity?
Diversity refers to variations across society. These variations can be in gender, age, religion, culture, ethnic origin, sexuality or class (not an exclusive listing), although for the most part it is the more visible, major differences that are seen by society in general to be covered by the term.
2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of:
• Interests:-
My local community has a very diverse collection of personal interests, those that are most apparent in conversation are: History, Body building, Ornithology, Motor vehicles/Historic cars and Gardening. The only interests obvious to visual scrutiny are gardening and an interest in historical cars with a display of horticultural prowess visible in many places and in one case a flow of historical vehicles appearing and being worked on and renovated, at present a 1930s saloon and a 1950s police car visible, whilst being worked on.
• Beliefs:-
This is definitely not obvious in our local community, with few noticeable signs to be seen. With a deeper knowledge of the local populace it becomes obvious that the majority are Agnostic, with a fair number of followers of the C of E (Active & Lapsed), one Evangelical Baptists, one family each of Jehovah's Witnesses', Muslims and