MANAGING WORKPLACE DIVERSITY A toolkit for organisations NATIONAL N I TEGRATION O W RKING GROUP FOR WORKPLACES CREATING INCLUSIVE & HARMONIOUS WORKPLACES MANAGING WORKPLACE DIVERSITY A toolkit for organisations CONTENTS i ii iii iv Introduction 3 Why should I care about managing diversity? 4 How is my organisation managing diversity? 8 How do I build an inclusive and harmonious 10 workplace? Establish business case Management commitment Build team of champions Reinforce
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Demographics Arlington is a district which includes students from more than 114 countries‚ and 99 different languages are spoken in homes. English Language Learners [ELLs] comprise 19% of Arlington Public School [APS] students (APS‚ ELL Students‚ 2014). These students enter APS with ranges of knowledge. Their language proficiency levels range from WIDA Level 1 “Entering” to Level 6 “Reaching" (Fig. 1). About one-fourth of the students are at WIDA Level 1‚ and about three-fourths of the ESOL/HILT/HILTEX
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FACT: Approximately 65 percent of the population is visual learners. FACT: The brain processes visual information 60‚000 faster than text. FACT: 90 percent of information that comes to the brain is visual. FACT: 40 percent of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina. FACT: Visual Literacy is the ability to encode (create a visual language) & decode (understand a visual language). FACT: Visual aids in the classroom improve learning by up to 400 percent. FACT: Students
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| [4] Another student’s paper | | | Paper Text | | Sarah StuthersProf. HassenpflugGEED 100-D01April 23‚ 2012The Basics of Adult LearningIn the article Adult Learning Theories with Implications for Online Learning Design‚ author Kathleen Cercone outlines many different adult learning theories and characteristics of adult learners. She compares adult learning theories as well as addresses the issues with each of them. Cercone also makes suggestions on how online educators should consider
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Study skills for distance learner Introduction In this modern era of technology world‚ traditionally education study at the college and university is progressively complemented or even replaced by new technologies called distance learning. In the past decades‚ distance learning offerings have flourished across the nation. Institution such as Open University Malaysia (OUM) has made earning a degree more feasible for the many people across the country who has families and job in addition to
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will evaluate the application of traditional and adult learning theories from the perspective of adult development and growth. There will be an evaluation of adult cognitive development discussed pertaining to adult learning. It will analyze accommodations for aging learners that are designed to maximize intelligence. Evaluation of the Application of Traditional and Adult Learning Theories The evaluation of the application of traditional and adult learning theories will be made with the consideration
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and vulnerable adults from abuse‚ neglect or significant harm. Staffs recognise and accept their responsibility to develop the awareness of the risks and issues involved in safeguarding. The company also recognises that it has a responsibility to protect staff from unfounded allegations of abuse. The company is committed to working with existing local safeguarding or adult safeguarding Boards and other health and social care partnerships to ensure the safeguarding of its learners. The company will
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4. Discuss how you would establish ground rules with your learners‚ which underpin behaviour and respect for others. Setting ground rules provides the framework to promote respect and set the tone for how learning will take place. Gravells states ‘They should always be discussed and negotiated with learners rather than imposed’ (Gravells A 2011). Here I will analyse how I establish ground rules with a group of ‘in company’ learners attending a programme of resource management training. The
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SHMS - Leysin | Leadership Across Cultures | Managing Workforce Diversity | 131LAC | Mukhtar Mammadov | BAHE 2 | 3/22/2013 | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Discussion 3 Conclusion 7 Introduction Culture in its many forms and approaches is a very popular subject researched by many authors. The definition of culture from Geert Hofstede‚ the most cited social scientist according to Powell (2006) comes as "the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes
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Being A Successful English Learner English has taken an important role in a number of schools. Not only in international standard state schools that use English in doing their learning process‚ but also in many private schools which utilize it to make the students might be able to use it in their daily activity. In the study of English‚ some students can understand easily and get successful. However‚ others may find it very hard to study English well. It seems that learning English brings
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