Promoting Equality and Diversity in Learning Environment

Equality and Diversity

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task A (Research report).................................................................................................................3
a) (1.1, 1.2 & 1.3) Analysis of benefits of promoting equality and diversity.........................3
b) (2.2) Actions which help valuing individual learners........................................................4
c) (2.3) Explanation of good practice in providing individual learners with information.....4
Task B (Personal account)...............................................................................................................5
a) (3.1) Communication strategies used to promote equality and diversity...........................5
b) (4.1) How actions can undermine equality and diversity...................................................5
c) (4.2) Recommendations for modifying learning situations and structures........................6
Task C (Reflective account).............................................................................................................6
a) (5.2) Evaluation of impact promoting equality and diversity............................................7
b) (3.2) How behaviour impact organisational culture...........................................................7
c) (3.3) How working with other agencies can promote diversity.........................................7
d) (2.1) How this can protect learners from risk of harm.......................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

Introduction
To create a productive, interactive and innovative teaching and learning environment it is
important that all the learners are treated equally irrespective of their caste, religion, sex, race
etc. This help in enhancing the participation of learners in learning process along with improving
their results by building an efficient environment (Bowl, 2018). In this report the benefits of
inclusive and diverse learning environment will be discussed along with the actions and
communication strategies which can help in achieving the same. Further a reflection is produced
to demonstrate the ways in which benefits of such environment are achieved.
Task A (Research report)
a) (1.1, 1.2 & 1.3) Analysis of benefits of promoting equality and diversity
Equality relates with ensuring that everyone is given equal opportunities to grow and
develop without discriminating them based on their characteristics. Diversity on the other hand is
related with respecting the differences among people by associating positive value to their
differences. In order to create an effective teaching and learning environment it is important that
all the learners are treated equally and given equal chance of learning and demonstrating their
capabilities and skills so that their personal and professional development can be achieved. It is
important that Equality Act, 2010 is followed so that an inclusive and diverse teaching and
learning environment can be created which can help in making the code of conduct of teachers
ethical. It can also help in ensuring that all the learners are given equal chances of evolving and
improving themselves so that highly creative, integrated and healthy environment can be created
(Abankina and Zinkovsky, 2016). The other act that can be implemented are Children Act, 2004,
Disability discrimination act, 1995 etc. which can also be applied in the learning environment.
The benefits of such an environment like it helps in reducing social and economic barriers, helps
in developing children and help in their learning process without discrimination, builds a strong
community, is morally correct, helps in increasing the innovative and creative thoughts among
the students which is important for national growth and development etc. Thus creating an
inclusive and diverse environment is essential in all the spheres of life and also help in building a
strong cohesion among people (Kirton and Avdelidou‐Fischer, 2016).