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Equality and Diversity and Inclusive Practice
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
Please complete all areas of this form, sign, and attach to each submitted assignment. Submit each assignment
according to the instructions provided in your Assignment Brief. Pearson BTEC LEVEL 5 Diploma in Education and Training (QCF) Centre Number: 07634 Programme Number: NCR41 Student Regd. Number: Student ID Number: IJ092330245DET
Student Surname: Isha
Student First Name(s): Janneh
Lecturer/Assessor Name: Lydia Mireku
Unit Numbers: 18; 21 Unit Titles: Equality and Diversity; Inclusive Practice Office use only Date due (first draft): Date submitted: 09/11/2023
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UNIT 18 Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria Evidence (Page no/locatio
n) LO1. Understand the key features of a culture which promotes equality and values diversity 1.1 Define the meanings of equality and diversity in the UK context
Report 6 1.2 Analyse the benefits of promoting equality and diversity for individual learners Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 1.3 Define legislation, employment regulations and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 LO2. Understand the importance of promoting equality and valuing diversity in lifelong
learning 2.1 Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can
protect learners from risk of harm Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 2.2 Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 2.3 Explain good practice in providing individual learners with information Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 LO3. Be able to promote equality and value diversity 3.1 Use communication strategies to promote equality and diversity Lesson Plan and Assessor’s Observation App
2
and 3 3.2 Analyse how own behaviour can impact on an organisation’s culture in relation to equality and diversity Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6 3.3 Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity
Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6
LO4. Understand how to help others in the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity 4.1 Describe actions by individuals which can undermine equality and diversity Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6
4.2 Recommend modifications to systems and structures which do
not promote equality and diversity Report/Reflectiv
e Account 6
LO5. Be able to review own contribution to promoting equality and valuing diversity in lifelong learning 5.1 Reflect on own strengths in promoting equality and valuing diversity Self Evaluation/Actio
n Plan App 4 5.2 Evaluate the impact of own practice in promoting equality and
valuing diversity Self Evaluation/Actio
n Plan App 4 5.3 Identify areas for further personal development in promoting equality and valuing diversity Self Evaluation/Actio
n Plan App 4
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UNIT 21 Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria Evidence
(Page no/location)
LO1 Understand factors
which influence learning 1.1 Review the impact of personal, social and cultural factors on learning Report 6 1.2 Review the impact of different cognitive, physical and sensory abilities on learning Report LO2 Understand the
impact of policy and
regulatory frameworks
on inclusive practice 2.1 Summarise policy and regulatory frameworks relating to inclusive practice Report 6
2.2 Explain how policy and regulatory frameworks influence organisational policies relating to inclusive practice Report 2.3 Explain how policy and regulatory frameworks influence own
inclusive practice Reflective Account 6
LO3 Understand roles
and
responsibilities
relating
to
inclusive
practice 3.1 Summarise own role and responsibilities relating to inclusive practice Reflective Account 3.2 Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in inclusive practice Reflective Account 6
3.3 Identify points of referral available to meet individual learning needs Report LO4 Understand how to create and maintain an inclusive learning environment 4.1 Review key features and benefits of an inclusive learning
environment Reflective Account 6
4.2 Analyse ways to promote equality and value diversity Reflective Account 4.3 Analyse ways to promote inclusion 4.4 Review strategies for effective liaison between professionals involved
in inclusive practice Reflective Account 6
LO5 Understand how
to
evaluate
own
inclusive practice 5.1 Review the effectiveness of own inclusive practice Self - evaluation App 4 5.2 Identify own strengths and areas for improvement in relation to inclusive practice Self - evaluation App 4 5.3 Plan opportunities to improve own skills in inclusive practice Self - evaluation App 4 Declaration I declare that this assessment item is my own work, except where acknowledged, and has not been submitted for academic credit
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Student Signature: I. Janneh
Date: 16/11/2023
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Contents
Task 1: Define the meanings of equality and diversity in the UK context. Explain why it is important of promoting equality and diversity. Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity
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A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity:
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B: Define equality and diversity
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C: Why is important to promote equality and diversity?
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D: Analyze the ways to promote equality and value diversity
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Task 2: Review the factors which influence learning. Include in your review the impact of the personal, social and cultural factors and different cognitive, physical and sensory abilities on learning. Describe actions by individuals which can undermine equality and diversity and recommend modifications to systems and structures which do not promote equality and diversity
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A: What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning
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B: Review the impact of different abilities on learning
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C: What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practice?
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D: Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your organization
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Task 3: Summarize policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and inclusive practice. How do these influence organizational policies relating to inclusive practice as well as your own inclusive practice? Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of harm
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A: Summarize the policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and inclusive practice
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B: What are the influences of the above on your organizational policies and own practice
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C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity
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D: Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of harm
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Task 4: Summarize own role and responsibilities relating to inclusive practice and analyze the benefits of an inclusive learning environment and ways to promote inclusion. Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in providing individual learners with information
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A: Why is it important to promote an inclusive learning environment?
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B: Summarize your own role and responsibilities in promoting inclusion, equality and diversity
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C: Analyze ways to promote inclusion
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D: Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in providing individual learners with information
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Task 5: Explain the relationship
between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in inclusive practice. In doing this, identify the points of referral available to meet individual learning needs and how you liaise with the professionals involved
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A: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in inclusive practice. 19
B: Identify the points of referral available to meet the individual needs of your learners
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C: What are the strategies that you use to liaise with the professionals involved?
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Task 6: Use communication strategies to promote diversity. Analyse how own behavior can impact on an organization’s culture in relation to equality and diversity
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A: Demonstrate how you promote equality and diversity through a Lesson Plan
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B: Define organizational culture
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C: Give examples of how your own behaviors impacted negatively and positively on the organization culture
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References
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Task 1: Define the
meanings of equality and diversity in the UK context. Explain why it is important of promoting equality and diversity. Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity
A: Identify and explain the 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity:
Under the Equality Act 2010 of UK, there are nine classes with regards to equality and diversity. These categories include race, religion, age, sex, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, disability, and gender reassignment (Cole, 2022). Race refers to a collective phrase for a population that is characterized by their ethnicity, nationality, and skin color. Under the Equality Act 1976, it is unlawful to harass, discriminate or bully a person on the basis on race or color. Every person in the UK has the right to be safeguarded against prejudice and discrimination, and to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their race. The second category is religion and belief, which is the state of worshipping and believing in a Supreme Being, and belief, is the state of accepting the Supreme Being exists (Bhopal & Pitkin, 2020). However, religion and belief should not hinder the person’s right to be treated with dignity and respect in any place. The Equality Act 2010 outlaws any direct or indirect harassment, victimization and discrimination on region and belief grounds in every aspect of life. Age simply means how old an individual since being born. Age differences arise when individuals
are classified into different age groups using a particular age range. For instance, there are new-
borns, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Besides, there can be Boomers, Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z depending on year of birth (Bhopal & Pitkin, 2020). Individuals under similar age group share safeguarded features of age. Another class is sex, which refers to either a female or male. Both females and males have the right to be treated equally, and they should all have equal opportunities in the society. Moreover, marriage and civil partnership simply protects individuals who are either in a legitimately documented marriage or lawful civil partner union. The Equality Act 2010 states that it is unlawful to discriminate or harass individuals since they are civil partners or married (Cole, 2022). Thus, same sex marriage with legitimate documents should be treated equally and fairly,
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just as opposite sex
marriage. Sexual orientation is another category regarding to equality and diversity. Sexual orientation refers to an individual’s identity to the gender they are sexually attracted to. In other words, one can be homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual. Therefore, it is unlawful in UK to discriminate a person based on their sexual orientation. Pregnancy and maternity are another equality and diversity category. Pregnancy is the time a woman is expecting a child. Maternity is the grace period after child is born. Employed women have the right to take job leave, and it is called maternity leave. Moreover, there are policies that protect women from harassment or discrimination for the following 26 weeks after child birth, and
it includes treating the mother inappropriately because of breastfeeding (Bhopal & Pitkin, 2020). Furthermore, disability is the state whereby an individual has physical or mental impairment that may have long-term or substantial impact on their lives. Therefore, it is unlawful to harass or discriminate such individuals. Another class is gender reassignment which is the process of transforming from one gender to another. Individuals who have completed, started, or proposed to change their gender are safeguarded from harassment and discrimination in the United Kingdom (Cole, 2022). B: Define equality and diversity
Equality in the United Kingdom context refer to the process of promoting equal conditions and
opportunities to every person in the society (McNair et al., 2020). They encourage providing
equal freedom to every person in terms of attaining potential as well as freedom from
discrimination and prejudice. Diversity emphasizes on the individual uniqueness that people
should acknowledge and embrace. In other words, diversity involves accepting the individual
differences in the community. The uniqueness can range from religious beliefs, physical abilities,
socio-economic status, age, sexual orientation, race, nationality, experience, ethnicity, and
gender among other ideologies (McNair et al., 2020). Therefore, in promoting equality and
diversity, all forms of harassment, discrimination and bullying should be eliminated in all the
aforementioned classes (Cole, 2022).
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C: Why is important to
promote equality and diversity?
Promoting diversity and equality have various significances in the society. They are integral
concepts that results in development and growth of the country and promoting unity in the
society. One, diversity and equality encourage people from different backgrounds to share ideas
and opinions as well as promote best practices (Ainscow, 2020). Diversity and equality are
important factors in education setting since they allow people to attain education without
experiencing any obstacles. Practices such as assessment, learning and teaching will enhance
the person’s learning abilities in comprehending and appreciating higher equality levels.
Therefore, every person is required to embrace diversity and equality by comprehending own
responsibility, giving respect, and enhancing effective learning. Secondly, diversity and equality result in social integration and interaction, allowing individuals to
develop firm relationships (Ainscow, 2020). Inclusive policies and practices are essential in
addressing the situations of poverty and economic inequalities, and enhancing equitable and
sustainable development. Social interactions can be improved with establishing relationships in
the society and embracing culture that every individual follows and appreciates. Equality in
people will establish unity and peace among individuals and provide diverse skills, knowledge,
and experience of different individuals to attain objectives and goals in individual life. In addition, diversity and equality enhance participation of every individual, improving their self-
esteem and improving workforce opportunity (Ainscow, 2020). When there are equal
opportunities of participation according to people’s capabilities, skills, and age, the country is rich
in qualified and effective workforce. Embracing equality and diversity helps in promotion of
teamwork and productivity in the society or workplace. Besides, people will accept and
appreciate different culture and nature while working as a team, enhancing positive and effective
relationships within the country. D: Analyze the ways to promote equality and value diversity.
Ways to promote equality and value diversity include engaging students, promoting teamwork,
and empowering people in the community. Engaging students is key since the current education
institutions have diversified nature, originality, and culture of students (Tamtik & Guenter, 2019).
Therefore, government and learning institutions are playing a crucial role in ensuring students
and communities know their freedom and rights. Learning institutions and the government
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organize programs and
events aimed at communicating the
significance of diversity and equality. Such programs and events motivate individuals to raise
voices and address cases and issues of inequality and discrimination in the society. Promoting teamwork is a crucial tool to promoting equality and valuing diversity in learning
environment (Tamtik & Guenter, 2019). Various social groups, government, and voluntary
organizations can act as leaders in taking actions concerning the activities of communication,
diversity, and leadership in schools. Effective class leaders will lead their teams into attaining
common objectives and goals. Diversity entails embracing thoughts, opinions, skills, genders,
culture, and ideas to establish positivity and unity among students. Besides, communication is
key in promoting equality and valuing diversity since it makes learners discuss ways to eliminate
discrimination in the learning institutions. As a result, students from different originality, socio-
economic status or cultures to feel safe and valued in such a learning setting. Another way to value diversity and promote equality is empowering individual in the community
(Ainscow, 2020). Empowering individuals entails promoting establishment or improvement of
one’s strengths, skills or confidence to attain lifetime objectives as well as increase chances to
satisfy them. A person requires different capabilities and skills to attain certain goals and
objectives in life. Embracing equality and diversity will enable people to start taking responsibility
of their lives and learn from different individuals. Consequently, people can develop a range of
abilities and tackle their weaknesses. Therefore, every person has the responsibility to
participate in the community activities and interact with different people to establish relations,
value diversity and promote equality. Task 2: Review the factors which influence learning. Include in your
review the impact of the personal, social and cultural factors and different cognitive, physical and sensory abilities on learning. Describe actions by individuals which can undermine equality and diversity and recommend modifications to systems and structures which do not promote equality and diversity.
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A: What are the factors
affecting learning? Review their impact on learning.
Learning is an approach that involve the capability of people to change values, skills, knowledge,
and behavior to lead to changes in their lives. However, some factors affecting learning include
peer influence, financial issues, and cultural and social barriers. Peer influence can impact the
learning process both positively and negatively (Qureshi et al., 2023). Through interactions and
development of relationships, students can motivate one another into striving to put effort in
studies and improve their academic performance. However, negative peer influence leads to
poor performances in learning institutions. For instance, if students one another to play computer
games rather than studying will lead to poor results in school. Financial issue is another significant factor that affects the learning process (Qureshi et al.,
2023). Learning students require students to pay school fees before embarking on studying.
Thus, if parents or guardians fail to clear the school fees, students may be sent home until the
school fees is cleared. Since some parents and guardians are unable to pay or clear school fees
on time, it can impact the performance of students in school. On the contrary, students whose
schools are cleared on time have a smooth learning process without worries or distractions. Cultural and social barriers include cultural factors and social norms such as social behaviors,
etiquette, religion, and languages among others (Qureshi et al., 2023). Difference is social
normal and cultural practices may lead to prejudices and stereotypes concerning skills and
capabilities of a certain population, and restricted or limited access to support networks and
educational resources. Moreover, individuals expect different learning approaches to address
their needs. For instance, Spanish students in England may expect teachers to teach in Spanish.
Since teachers in England uses English while teaching, Spanish students may find it difficult to
continue with the learning process. B: Review the impact of different abilities on learning
There are different impacts that result from the existence of people with different learning
abilities. They include reading ability, skill development, and nature versus nurture. Reading
ability plays a crucial role in the learning process. For a student to comprehend what a statement
or sentence means, he or she has to first know how to read. Moreover, every classroom
comprises of both slow learners and first learners, a difference that is principally comprehended
by the capability of a student to read and understand a statement or sentence (Jones &
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Christensen, 2022). First
learners tend to learn and
comprehend statements or concepts easily, and usually process information quickly and apply it
with a lot of ease. On the contrary, slow learners struggle to learn and comprehend new
concepts in school, and are likely to perform poorly in school. Skill development is an essential stage in learning since during the stage, students can apply
concepts learned on a practical and real scenario sentence (Jones & Christensen, 2022).
Students are different in the manner they think and handle things. Thus, a teacher is likely to
notice that some students perform well in class work but are average or perform poorly in
practical sessions. Another student can perform poorly in class work but perform good in
practical sessions. Therefore, the teacher can encourage such students to interact and develop
relationships to learn from one another and improve in areas they perform poorly. Nature versus nurture theory claims that genes (nature) or experiences and environment
(nurture) primarily shape the learning abilities of an individual. Nature theorists claims that genes
play a key role in the learning process. According to this view, genetic makeup predetermines an
individual’s capabilities such as temperament, creativity, and intelligence (Houmark et al., 2020).
Thus, the learning potential of a person is predisposed at birth. On the contrary, nurture theorists
state that a person’s experiences and environment play an integral role in their learning process.
Interactions with the environment such as community, school, and family shape the learning
abilities of an individual. Therefore, schools have students who are natural bright and also
students who have to read more to perform well in class. C: What are the barriers to equality and diversity? How are they relevant to your practice?
Barriers to equality and diversity in schools include bullying, religious and cultural tensions,
discrimination and social inequality. In schools, promoting equality and valuing diversity in
schools is next to impossible since students come from different backgrounds and handle things
differently. Bullying is normally characterized by the physical differences between different people
or students (Sánchez et al., 2019). For example, some students may seem stronger and bigger
than others. If such students come from aggressive and hostile environment, they are likely to
feel superior and undermine others. As a result, such students will bully their colleagues to
exercise the superiority.
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Another
factor
that
undermines diversity and equality in
schools is religious and cultural tensions between teachers and students, or students and their
colleagues (Sánchez et al., 2019). Students have varied religious and cultural beliefs, norms and
practices. For instance, different religions have different days scheduled to visit places of
worships. Muslims go to mosque on Fridays while Christians go to church on Sundays.
Therefore, conflict can arise especially when such students or teachers have meetings or group
discussions. ‘Discrimination is among the major factors that undermine diversity and equality in schools.
Discrimination involves prejudicial treatment and stereotypical habits among students on the
grounds of sex, gender, race or nationality among others (Sánchez et al., 2019). Such actions
undermine equality and diversity by intensifying unfairness and mental pressure among students
in the learning institutions. Discrimination can lead to stigmatization, which is a major learning
obstacle. Stigmatization results in low self-esteem, discouragement, loneliness, depression and
frustrations in schools. Additionally, social inequality also undermines actions to promote equality and value diversity in
schools. Social inequality means that resources in the society are allocated unevenly through
certain gender patterns or socioeconomic classes. Thus, some hindrances include healthcare
inequality, income gap, social class, and gender inequality (Sánchez et al., 2019). For instance,
students come from different families with different backgrounds and socioeconomic status.
Thus, students from families with higher socioeconomic status may undermine other students
from poor backgrounds. Moreover, students whose parents are rich may have unlimited access
to school resources compared to other students from poor families. D: Suggest what can be done to remove these barriers in your organization
Several approaches can be utilized to eliminate barriers to equality and diversity in my
organization. One, sharing good practices is crucial in promoting equality and diversity in
organization (Swartz et al., 2019). Therefore, my organization need to regularly communicate,
train, and educate students regarding diversity and equality through sharing past experiences,
good and effective information, and providing them with suitable practices to enhance
improvement in the learning process and mindset of students. Moreover, teachers within the
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organization ought to set
good examples to students by
treating every person with respect and dignity. In this case, teachers will be eliminating barriers
towards promoting equality and valuing diversity in schools. Encouraging teamwork is a key approach to eradicating diversity and equality barriers in my
organization. Students can attain better and improved results by collaborating and working as a
team. Thus, the organization must allow and encourage every student to engage in various
activities concerning diversity and equality that will enhance the efficiency of eliminating barriers
that undermine diversity and equality. For instance, teachers can encourage students to form
group discussions in classes or teams during games time. Such teams can comprise of students
from different nationality, socioeconomic class or culture. By doing so, teachers and the
organization at large will be promoting diversity and equality and eliminating any barriers. Promoting flexibility within my organization is crucial in eliminating factors that undermine
diversity and equality. Students have varied learning styles, needs and preferences in the
learning process. Thus, students may benefit from different teaching strategies and approaches,
which teachers should apply to improve their learning potential (Swartz et al., 2019). Adopting
different teaching styles shows students that the organization values and appreciate them.
Allowing flexibility within the organization in terms of addressing different students’ needs is
crucial to promoting equity and valuing diversity among students and promotes inclusion for all. Delegating responsibilities and roles help in addressing issue that suppress equality and diversity
in my organization. Various responsibilities and roles can be allocated to different students or
staff, which helps in establishing a culture of trust and sense of equality, stimulates creativity and
inclusion, and enhances respect towards one another (Swartz et al., 2019). Through such
interactions and relations, students and staff can help in promoting cultural awareness and they
are sensitive to one’s language, beliefs and culture concerns. Consequently, students and staff
are able to recognize importance of diversity and equality, and even take part of developing
measures to eliminate factors that undermine diversity and equality within my organization.
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Task 3: Summarize
policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and inclusive practice. How do these influence organizational policies relating to inclusive practice as well as your own inclusive practice? Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners
from risk of harm.
A: Summarize the policy and regulatory frameworks relating to equality and diversity and inclusive practice.
Various regulatory frameworks, measures and policies are in place with the aim to promoting
equality, diversity and inclusive practice. The Equality Act 2010 advocates for equality in the
society and creates awareness to eradicate color, gender, age, sex or disability discrimination
and intimidation in the society and schools (Pappas et al., 2018). The policy ensures that all staff
members and students, regardless of their characteristics, abilities, and backgrounds are treated
with respect, and without any form of discrimination and harassment. Therefore, the policy
expects schools to establish an inclusive learning setting where every staff and student is free
from discrimination, intimidation, or bullying. The policy also mandates schools address diversity
and equality issues, make appropriate changes for any student with disability, and enhance
equal opportunities for students to access school resources and engage in extracurricular and
class activities. Education Act 1993 states that it is unlawful to discriminate students based on their disability. The
policy introduced eight key domains of need that includes medical conditions, visual
impairments, hearing impairments, behavioral and emotional challenges, language and speech
issues, learning challenges, and specific learning challenges (Pappas et al., 2018). Therefore,
this Act mandates schools to establish special programs and initiatives to cater for students and
staff with special needs. The policy allows schools to make appropriate changes to provide a
suitable learning setting for disabled students. The government revises the policy each year to
ensure that schools provide special needs students with a suitable experience and environment
that promotes equality. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 was established to safeguard people or students with
disability. The policy outlawed discrimination, intimidation, and harassment against people with
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disabilities,
particularly
during
access
to
education,
healthcare, job opportunities, and goods and services (Bunbury, 2019). Therefore, the Act
ensures that elderly and people with disabilities have equal chances of accessing same freedom,
experiences, and opportunities as the rest of individuals. The policy has helped students with
disabilities to attend to mainstream learning institutions, and experience equal treatment.
Besides, it ensures that education standards are similar and equal to every student. Race Relations Act 1976 and 2002
was established to eliminate discrimination and harassment
based on race or skin color. These policies aim at eliminating racial discrimination, promoting
equality, and enhancing good relations and interactions between individuals of different racial
populations (Mathieu, 2018). Moreover, the acts mandates schools to frequently evaluate the
effect of their policies and measures on students, parents and staff of different racial populations.
Besides, schools have the responsibility to record and report any cases of racial discrimination to
the relevant authority. These acts were active in Wales, Scotland, and England only. B: What are the influences of the above on your organizational policies and own practice
Organizations and learning institutions implement various polices and measures due to
regulations and policies of equality, diversity and inclusive practice. Impacts on organizational
policies include Criminal Record Bureau procedures, delegation of roles and responsibilities, and
quality assurance. The policies and regulations impact organization’s Criminal Record Bureau
procedures as it is required to manage and embrace staff diversity. Moreover, different
employees have varied set of skills, experience and knowledge. Therefore, organizations
allocate duties and responsibilities based on such factors due to employees’ diversity
(
Schachner, 2019). Besides, equality, diversity and inclusive practices impacts organization’s
quality assurance. Quality assurance enables an organization to maintain quality services. Since
people have different skills and knowledge, the management of employees’ diversity and equality
determines its performance. Impacts on own practice include recognizing own responsibilities and roles, reflecting on own
approaches, and collaborating with others to enhance inclusive practice. Through diversity and
equality policies, as a teaching assistant, I am able to identify my responsibilities and roles in the
learning process (
Schachner, 2019). For instance, I have the mandate to treat everyone with
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respect,
set
good
examples to students and strive to
eliminate inequality. Furthermore, diversity and equality policies me to monitor and evaluate my
own approaches as a teaching assistant in the learning process and ways to improve them.
Lastly, diversity and equality policies help me to collaborate with others, share ideas and promote
approaches to enhance diversity and equality in the learning environment. C: Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity
There are various ways in which working with other agencies can promote diversity.
Collaborating with community organizations and groups will help students to familiarize with the
real world. Students are able to enhance society welfare and help victims of discrimination and
inequality. Besides, interacting with different communities will allow students to develop a sense
of diversity and equality, and embracing the difference between different cultures (Adams et al.,
2022). Moreover, giving opportunities to students to work with support agencies is integral in
promoting diversity. Support agencies such as sponsorship institutions enroll students from
various backgrounds. Thus, the opportunity is crucial in enhancing student interaction and
relations, enabling them to establish essential socializing skills. Motivational speakers can also
educate students on the importance of working together. Furthermore, the speakers can help
students understand the importance of diversity and equality in the society, and ways to promote
inclusive culture. D: Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk of
harm
Risk of harm refers to the possibility of a learner to experience life threatening event, traumatic
experience or injury caused by another student or person on purpose (Tuitt et al., 2023). Equality
lessons help a student know measures and polices regarding diversity and equality that they
should follow. Students who are not aware of or lack to understand such policies and measures
may engage in bullying, harassing and discriminating other students. Such students do not even
understand the consequences of such actions in schools. Therefore, teachers can play a key
role in creating awareness of diversity and equality and educating students on the policies and
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regulations
regarding
equality and diversity. Policy such as
Equality Act (2010) protects students from harassment and discrimination (Butsic, 2020). While teachers tackle ways on how people can promote equality and value diversity in school,
they educate students also on signs and symptoms of learners at risk of harm and inequality.
Such signs may be isolation, stress, depression, lack of concentration, and poor performance in
school (Butsic, 2020). Students who are experiencing discrimination and harassment are likely to
avoid interacting with other students. Therefore, if teachers or fellow students notices that a
student is showing such signs, they can report and try to help him or her overcome the situation. Promotion of diversity and equality encourages students to establish self-help and referral
initiatives. Such programs allow students to interact and know each other better. Besides,
students to understand and embrace each other’s differences and strive to help one another in
tackling social issues. Consequently, students are able to maintain appropriate and effective
interpersonal relationships within the school. Therefore, students can protect one another from
discrimination, harassment, and intimidation students.
Task 4: Summarize own role and responsibilities relating to inclusive practice and analyze the benefits of an inclusive learning environment and ways to promote inclusion. Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice in providing individual learners with information. A: Why is it important to promote an inclusive learning environment?
Inclusive environment ensures everybody is treated with respect and dignity in the learning
environment. Every person has the right to be treated fairly regardless of their uniqueness. Each
individual has different experience, abilities, and needs, whereby if people appreciate them can
make the world a good place for all people. Inclusive setting enables people to interact freely and
establish a sense of equality and belonging (Nishina et al., 2019). Since people feel valued and
appreciated, they are able to identify their potential and ways to attaining their goals. Additionally, inclusive environment enables learning institutions to address needs of every
learner. Since students come from different socioeconomic classes, nationality, or race, they
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have different learning
styles and needs. Therefore,
inclusive learning helps teachers to identify and address learners’ needs to promote their well-
being and improve their experience. Besides, inclusive learning will help students to interact
freely, hence improving their confidence, productivity and quality of life. Such interactions will
help students to embrace equality and diversity and live knowing their rights and adhering to the
constitution. Inclusive learning is a key tool in promoting a positive attitude among students. All students
develop sense of belonging when participating in different activities and interacting with other
students. Bringing all students together and providing them with an approach for expressing and
creating their interests, strengths, and skills illustrates that school values them (Tuitt et al., 2023).
Consequently, they establish a safe, supportive and cooperative space which promote a positive
attitude among students and teachers. B: Summarize your own role and responsibilities in promoting inclusion, equality and diversity
Inclusive practices require adequate reinforcement from different people within learning
institutions to eliminate factors that may cause harm to students and staff. Therefore, as a
teaching assistant, I have various roles and responsibilities to promote inclusive practices in
schools. First, I should follow all plans, measures and policies regarding the teaching criteria.
Adhering to policies and measures such as equal participation of all students in learning
activities, evaluating course content, proper timings, and adjusting learning criteria to suit every
student are crucial in promoting inclusive practices (Tuitt et al., 2023). Secondly, as a teaching
assistant, I ought to challenge and correct inappropriate habits in schools. Such behaviors can
include bullying, harassing, and discriminating others. Therefore, I need to evaluate such
behavior and conduct necessary actions to avoid them from reoccurring in schools. Moreover, I should encourage students to conduct peer- and self-reflection. It is significant for
students to evaluate their behaviors as individual and as a group to determine where they need
to improve regarding equality and diversity. Thus, students can develop skills of self-esteem and
self-confidence (Tuitt et al., 2023). Furthermore, it is crucial for me to participate in all events in
school and celebrate it success towards satisfying students. During such events, I can
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recommend modifications
and improvements of school policies
regarding inclusive practices. C: Analyze ways to promote inclusion
Teachers can promote the culture of inclusion through various ways. First, teachers are well-
equipped to develop different approaches to deliver skills and knowledge to students. Thus, if a
subject is difficult to students, it is crucial for teachers to establish the simplest methodology for
students to learn and comprehend about that specific subject. Secondly, it is essential for
teachers to collaborate with other staff members (Nishina et al., 2019). Sharing information and
ideas is an effective approach to improve communication and can result in developing an
effective learning environment. Additionally, teachers should have composed and polite attitude to establish effective and
suitable relationships with students. Developing effective learning relationships, and enhancing
different abilities will result in promotion of inclusive practices within the environment (Tuitt et al.,
2023). Lastly, it is crucial for school and teachers to celebrate the success of students and that of
the organization. The level of learning enables students to attain professional objectives in future.
To encourage students, schools and teachers need to reward students for their success in
school. D: Explain actions that can be taken to value individual learners and explain good practice
in providing individual learners with information.
Enhancing external and internal motivation is crucial in encouraging individuals to learn from
certain setting (Vatterott, 2018). Teachers and schools need to reward students to make learning
motivating and interesting, enabling them to attain professional or career growth. Secondly, promoting team dynamics is integral in attaining shared goals. Teamwork results in
forming individual relationships and every student is able to share his or her strength and
knowledge, as well as acquire other abilities and skills that can help in achieving individual goals.
Teachers and schools need to promote personal values of every student. Students have varied
goals in their lives. Therefore, it is crucial for teachers to assess students individually to
determine their expectations and needs in schools. Teachers to evaluate social, culture,
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language or education
needs of students to enhance
learning within the setting (Vatterott, 2018). For instance, teachers should provide feedback to
students and deliver information appropriately in a language that all students understand.
Furthermore, learning institutions can create awareness concerning specific activities that are
crucial in valuing individual learners. For instance, schools can create awareness regarding
diversity, equality and inclusive practices through lecture sessions to make them feel valued and
appreciated. Task 5: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved in inclusive practice. In doing this, identify the points of referral available to meet individual learning needs and how you liaise with the professionals involved. A: Explain the relationship between own role and the roles of other professionals involved
in inclusive practice.
As a teaching assistant, I should own my limitations and seek to collaborate with colleagues. The
relationship between me and my colleagues should have respect, boundaries, and collaboration
and communication channel. Every party in such a relationship should respect one another,
including observing everyone’s boundaries. Trespassing boundaries of another person can lead
to disagreements and conflicts that may affect productivity of and experience within learning
environment. Therefore, having effective communication channels is crucial. Consequently, I and
my colleagues will be able to work as a team in promoting inclusive learning environment. Moreover, as a teaching assistant, I should seek guidance from other professionals such as
support agencies, school management or other teachers as I aim to promote inclusive learning
practice. The main goal is to establish an effective and appropriate learning environment for
students. Support agencies can guide me on ways to handle bullying and discrimination in
school, how to eliminate such factors, and how to promote diversity and equality. Besides, I can
organize benchmarking activities where I can interact with other teaching professionals, form
effective relations, and share best practices that promotes inclusive learning practices. I should also negotiate on behalf of students in various ways. For instance, I can negotiate with
the school management on ways to reward them. If there is school trip, for example, I will take
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the lead to talk and
organize
with
the
location
administrators. Furthermore, I can negotiate with school management or government on behalf
learners with special needs to ask the entities to provide necessary support or resources crucial
for addressing learners’ needs, improving their experience, and encouraging them to participate
in school activities. Such actions promote the inclusion practices in schools. B: Identify the points of referral available to meet the individual needs of your learners.
To meet individual needs, the referral points should include mentor support, counseling, and the
board. First, to address the academic needs of students, teachers can direct them to mentors.
Mentors will play a crucial role in shaping students’ minds and guide them on ways of attaining
their personal goals (Dempsey et al., 2022). Therefore, teachers and school should frequently
organize for mentorship programs whereby Parent Teacher Associations representatives can
offer mentorship support to students. As a result, students can develop crucial set of knowledge
and skills that are crucial in improving their learning process and potential to attain personal
goals. Secondly, teachers and schools can organize for counselling initiatives to meet the individual
needs of the learners. Counsellors play a significant role in identifying and addressing underlying
issues that may hinder learning process. Therefore, counsellors will provide students with
effective and necessary skills and mechanisms to handle society issues such as discrimination,
improve motivation, and attain academic excellence. However, teachers can play the role of the
counsellor and aim at improving the learning experience of students and their needs are
satisfied. Lastly, teachers can consult the executive management of the school and government offices to
satisfy the individual needs of students. Government and learning institutions work together to
address different need of students (Dempsey et al., 2022). For instance, the school can request
the government to help in improving school facilities such as dining hall or libraries. Moreover,
the government can help the school to satisfy the needs of students with special needs. For
instance, building toilets that are appropriate to students using wheelchairs.
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C: What are the
strategies that you use to liaise with the professionals involved?
Strategies may include regular contact with the necessary professionals, sharing information,
and involving students. As a teaching assistant, I must provide the professionals involved with
the schedule and plans about place, time, and day of the initiatives linked to inclusive learning
practices (Azorín & Ainscow, 2020). Besides, I should involve students in some programs since
the teaching assistant-student relations are crucial in enhancing the initiatives, meeting students’
needs, and motivating them to develop interest in engaging in the learning process. Moreover, I
must maintain regular contact and communication with the professionals using emails, meetings,
or phone calls. Furthermore, I am required to share up-to-date, effective and appropriate
information to both the professionals involved and students. Task 6: Use communication strategies to promote diversity. Analyse how own behavior can impact on an organization’s culture
in relation to equality and diversity A: Demonstrate how you promote equality and diversity through a Lesson Plan.
B: Define organizational culture
Organizational culture refers to the set of behaviors, values and norm that impact the activities
and habits of its workers (Men & Yue, 2019). The culture demonstrates how stakeholders,
vendors, customers, and employees experience the entity and its brand. Moreover,
organizational culture is crucial in improving the organization’s competitive edge and attracting
talent. C: Give examples of how your own behaviors impacted negatively and positively on the organization culture.
My behavior can have a huge impact on the organizational culture concerning diversity and
equality. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate my practices such as sharing good practices,
adapting assessment strategies and resources, encouraging inclusive learning environment, and
collaborating with others to enhance diversity and equality. Sharing good practices is crucial to
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improving the internal
organizational culture whereby we
as employees understand each other and treat everyone with respect and dignity regardless of
their race, origin, or gender. Moreover, I can work together as a team in formulating effective
approaches to assess and utilize organizational resources. Different people have different
knowledge and skills, thus, collaborating makes the organization effective in its operations and
improve its performance. In addition, as a teaching assistant, I will ensure that employees have equal and same
opportunities within the entity to enhance inclusive learning culture and we can easily interact
and collaborate with one another. Therefore, collaborating and promoting an inclusive culture
help my organization to delegate roles and responsibilities based on the skills, knowledge and
abilities of every person. Moreover, undertaking training sessions with other employees without
discrimination will help us to improve our learning capabilities and skills. Thus, promoting
teamwork and collaborative culture helps the organization to improve its culture, making every
staff member to be productive and work efficiently.
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