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E&D: what’s in it for me?

E&D: what’s in it for me? A workshop to explore the benefits of embedding equality and diversity into our lessons. Michelle Whitehead (Senior Lecturer Teacher Education) University Campus Oldham. TEAN Embedding Equality & Diversity. Workshop outline Icebreaker – paper folding activity

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E&D: what’s in it for me?

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  1. E&D: what’s in it for me? • A workshop to explore the benefits of embedding equality and diversity into our lessons. • Michelle Whitehead (Senior Lecturer Teacher Education) • University Campus Oldham

  2. TEANEmbedding Equality & Diversity Workshop outline • Icebreaker – paper folding activity • Review of 9 protected characteristics • Which ones are hardest to embed? • Ranking of visibility in own institution • Discussion about benefits of embedding E&D • Planning for embedding 1 or more characteristics • Plenary

  3. Introduction • What is Equality and Diversity? • What are the protected characteristics? • How does embedding of E&D improve teaching and learning? Age Disability Gender reassignment Marital status Pregnancy and maternity Race Religion/belief Sex Sexual orientation

  4. The protected characteristicsChoose one of these 2 activities • 1) How easy/hard would it be to embed these in your SOW and lessons? Place them in order, from the easiest to the most difficult. • OR • 2) How visible are these characteristics within your organisation? Are some addressed more effectively than others? Discuss your answer with your colleagues at the table.

  5. Over to you • Read through the list of teaching approaches. • How many of these are you already doing? • Are there any ideas that you could start to use, or use more effectively?

  6. Embedding E&D in Teaching and Learning What are the benefits of embedding E&D? for learners? for staff? for the college/school?

  7. Final Thoughts Five golden rules • Take advantage of opportunities where you can to include diversity in your resources. Challenge yourself rather than saying it can't be done. • Recognise that it may not be appropriate to celebrate diversity in every resource but it is appropriate to ensure that every resource is accessible to every learner, e.g. by avoiding difficult words that can raise the reading level. • Offer flexibility for learners to work together so the whole group can benefit from learning about different characteristics. • Avoid patronising and tokenistic examples, or ones that reinforce stereotypes. • Review and update resources regularly to reflect current thinking. LSIS, 2012

  8. PLENARYOur biggest challenge?

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