Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
This BBC video discusses the idea ‘Are young people discriminated against for being young?’. Watch the film and reflect on whether you agree that young people are discriminated against by society.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'How to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the classroom’ on the High Speed Training website
- ‘Making the most of the Equality Act 2010’ from the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
- ‘Diverse world’ from the UK Government
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Read about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at UNICEF’s website. Do you consider diversity, equality and inclusion to be part of a child’s rights?
- Once you have read about the UNCRC, click on this link to read some of the ‘Myths and misconceptions’ about it.
- This document from the Childhood First Institute looks at 'Equality, diversity and rights'.
- Click this icon to visit the website of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to find out ‘What are human rights?’
- Look on the internet or in a dictionary to find definitions of the following terms:
- Click on the icon to visit the website of the National Youth Advocacy Service.
- This article on the Birmingham City School of Education and Social Work website is about ‘Children and young people re-visualising inclusion’.
- Some of the photographs in the ‘Children and young people re-visualising inclusion’ project appear in ‘What does inclusion look like?’ on the ALLFIE website. The Alliance for Inclusive Education believes in the right of all disabled learners to access and be supported in mainstream education.
- What are the challenges to inclusion when children and young people live in poverty? Click to read this article on ‘understanding and responding to ethnic minority child poverty’ from The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
- Visit the website of the Disabled Children’s Partnership to read what they say about inclusion.
- Think And Challenge
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