Diversity is about recognising and valuing everyone’s culture, personality, age, race, sex, disability, gender, religion and beliefs. * Equality – treating people in a way that is appropriate for their needs. Making sure people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Recognise their needs and that they are met in different ways. * Inclusion – equal opportunities for everyone whatever their age, gender, ethnicity, to be included.
Active or Passive Diversity: I would say that Tanglewood should look into active diversity because it meets the diverse needs of the customers. Diversity is a huge part of the company’s hiring process and they don’t want to be labeled as hiring only one class of people. Especially since the need of each customer is different Tanglewood needs to make sure that they have the necessary qualified associates to take care of the
Equality and inclusion 1.1 Explain what is meant by: 1.1a- Diversity Diversity means variety, assortment, range, mixture. It is difference. Diversity refers to the wide range of attributes, backgrounds, and skills that are in society. Diversity recognises that although people have things in common, they are also different and unique in many ways and it is about recognising and valuing those differences. Diversity consists of both visible and non-visible factors, which include personal characteristics such as; background, culture, personality and work style and also the protected characteristics such as gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, religion and belief and age.
Unit 3 Introduction to equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion 1. Explain what is meant by: Diversity Diversity means difference. Diversity also means that though people have things in common with each other, they are also different in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences, and consists of visible and non-visible factors, which include personal characteristics such as background, culture, personality in addition to the characteristics that are protected under discrimination legislation such as race, disability, gender, religion and belief, sexual preferences and age. Equality Equality is about creating a fairer society, where everyone can take part and has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
thinking, styles, socio-economic level, education, values, beliefs…) Is of paramount importance to create an environment in which everybody feels valued. At Oasis Centre the difference is not accept the visible and invisible diversity respect each other is inherent. Equality: Equality means treating people, children equal and also in appropriate way for their needs, including areas of race, gender, disability, religion or believe, sexual orientation and age. • Treating all staff volunteer and children fairly . • Enabling all staff and student to develop to their full potential.
Characteristics which are protected under the discrimination legislation such as disability, race, religion, belief, gender, sexual orientation and age. By recognising and
Social Justice Leadership Introduction Possessing good leadership traits in an educational environment is the beginning of serving students, colleagues, staff, and an entire network of people to promote, enhance, and produce positive changes for the benefit of the people and its institution. It is a daily mission whether it is a small or large task that is done with joy regardless of the challenges that will arise because everyone is involved in the leader’s vision. According to Theoharis (2009), a good leader has a multitude of skills that creates a positive impact in students’ achievements. They range from supporting various programs that will serve the needs of diverse students, to facilitating professional development for their staff
“Effect of Language on Gender and Ethnic Groups” It is widely accepted that Language has a profound effect on how we perceive and interact with the world around us. It is a major component of culture. The degree of which language influences culture or culture influences language is still in debate. However it is likely that both processes occur. Differences in dialects can highlight social differences between men and women and between different ethnic groups.
According to Ehrlich; ethnic attitudes and stereotypes are part of the social heritage of a society and no one can escape learning the prevailing attitudes and stereotypes assigned to the major ethnic groups. According to Devine, its argued that stereotypes and personal beliefs are conceptually distinct cognitive structure Each structure represents part of one’s entire knowledge base of a particular group. The dissociation of automatic and controlled processes may provide some theoretical leverage for understanding the role of stereotypes and personal beliefs in responses to members of racial or ethnic groups. According to Devine there is a strong evidence that stereotypes are well established in children’s memories before children develop the cognitive ability and flexibility to question or critically evaluate the stereotype’s validity or acceptability. As a result of this personal beliefs are necessarily newer cognitive structures.
In other words, gender is the sex of individual human beings. Male and female genders coexist in almost every society, thus leading to a form of cultural diversity. Age is another dimension of cultural diversity that is typically common in all societies. Everyone ages, male and female of all species on earth, no matter what culture or diverse characteristics one may possess. As people age and babies are born, societies inevitably become diverse in the ages of individual members thus, again creating a form of cultural diversity.