Pearson BTEC Equality and Diversity; Inclusive Practice Report

This report delves into the critical concepts of equality and diversity within an organizational context, specifically focusing on inclusive practices. It begins by defining key terms and exploring nine categories relevant to equality and diversity, such as age, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. The report emphasizes the importance of promoting equality and diversity, highlighting the benefits of a diverse workforce, including enriched social mixes and improved practices. It analyzes various factors that impact learning, such as age, financial situation, and educational background, and discusses how to promote equality, value diversity, and remove barriers. The report also summarizes the policy and regulatory framework, including the Equality Act 2010, and examines the roles and responsibilities of professionals in fostering an inclusive learning environment, and strategies for effective communication and collaboration. Finally, it explores how to promote equality and diversity through lesson planning and organizational culture.

Equality and Diversity;
Inclusive Practice

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
A. Identify and explain 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity.........................4
B. Define diversity..................................................................................................................5
C. Why is important to promote equality and diversity?........................................................5
D Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
A. What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning.......................6
B. Review the impacts of different abilities on learning........................................................6
C. Barriers to equality and diversity.......................................................................................7
D. Recommend what can be done to remove barriers within company.................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
A. Summarise the policy and regulatory framework relating to equality and diversity.........8
B. Influences on organisational policies and own practices due to legislations.....................9
C. Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity.....................................9
D. Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk to
harm......................................................................................................................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
A. Why it is important to promote an inclusive learning environment................................11
B. Summarise your own role & responsibility in promoting equality and diversity............11
C. Analyse the way to promote inclusion.............................................................................11
D. Actions that can be taken to value individual learners and good practices in providing
individual learners................................................................................................................12
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................13
A. Explain relationship between own role and role of other professional involved in inclusive
practice.................................................................................................................................13
B. Determine the points of referral to meet the individual needs of learners.......................13
C. What are the strategies that you use to liaise with professionals involved?....................14
TASK 6..........................................................................................................................................14
A. Demonstrate how equality and diversity will promoted by lesson plan..........................14

B. Define organisational culture...........................................................................................14
C. Give examples of own behaviour impacted negatively and positively on organisational
culture...................................................................................................................................15
TASK 7..........................................................................................................................................15
Self-evaluation......................................................................................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Equality make sure that everyone is getting equal opportunity & not treated differently based
on their characteristics while diversity refers to differentiation in between people or group of
people &placed a positive value on those difference (Ng and Stamper, 2018). The following
report is based equality and diversity within an organisation in context of UK along with
inclusive practices. Which is a teaching approach that recognise difference between professionals
and learners to ensure that all have opportunity to access educational content & participate fully
in learning. This assignment covers discussion about how to promote equality & diversity with
influencing factors. Further, role & responsibility of inclusive practice will cover.
TASK 1
A. Identify and explain 9 categories with regards to equality and diversity.
Age- It refers to a person belonging to a particular age group that can be either of same age
or can be range of ages.
Gender- Gender diversity is the fair representation of individual of different genders or
equitable ratio of men and women. Also includes people of non-binary genders. Whereas gender
equality means equal outcome for both men and women along with diverse gender.
Disability- It Means when someone have physical or mental impairment while
impairments tends to substantial & long term adverse effect on ability of person to carry out day
to day normal activities.
Pregnancy and maternity- Pregnancy refers to a women who are pregnant and maternity
refers to the period of 26 weeks after birth.
Race- It implies to a protected characteristics that means race, colour, nationality and
ethnic origin of an individual
Religion- It is a protected characteristics that means denomination of religion and also
applicable to those who have not any religion.
Sexual orientation- It is personal rescue characteristic that are associate with person’ sexual
orientation towards people.
Marriage & Civil partnership- It tends to protected characteristics related with heterosexual
couple who are legally married and same sex couple who have entered into civil partnership or

civil marriage. Those who are not married and not in civil partnership are not part of this
protected group.
B. Define diversity.
Diversity and equality- Diversity is all about celebration and valuing how all we are
different. It is associated with promotion of human rights and freedom as per some principles
like dignity and respects. Also to recognition the values and considered different backgrounds,
knowledge, skill, experiences of an individual and encourage them to use those different for
developing effective and creative workforce. In this everyone can share their ideas, experiences
and viewpoints to others for enhancing the productivity within organisation. Diversity in race
and culture or religion gives outcome of different perspective and perceptions that is beneficial
for organisation in term of productivity.
C. Why is important to promote equality and diversity?
There are number of benefits to promote about equality and diversity such as richness of
social mix, multi culture society, notion of global village, promoting best practices, addressing
difficulties that hinder language learning & skill development etc. in detail few are as follow:
Promoting best practices: Diversity bring different and innovative ideas as number of
culture are includes that gives opportunity to company for promoting best practices to full fill the
needs of consumer. This is advantageous in terms of productivity & profitability (Panicker,
Agrawal and Khandelwal, 2018).
Richness of social mix- Social mix means diversity based on level of income tenure and
social class in a given neighbourhood. Therefore, richness in diversity is directly proportional to
richness in social mix and that is good for UK companies to meet the desire of consumer.
Addressing difficulties that hinder the language learning and skill development: diversity
gives opportunity to all individual to learn about new and different culture apart from itself and
that is good in context of enhancement of skill, and experience.
D Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity.
In an organisation or college it is vital to promote equality and diversity for the
improvement or development of company or students. In this regards there are number of ways
by which it is possible and few are follow:

Engaging students: This is the best way to promote diversity and equality in classroom as
students will engaged towards their work/ project without creating any conflicts in classroom
based on discrimination. It brings positivity across the whole room and that is good for college in
terms of reputation.
Empowering individual: By assigning equal role and responsibilities to all individual of
similar position and skill, lower the discrimination and promotes equality and diversity at
workplace. This is vital for the development and growth of company.
Encouraging team working: By valuing the contribution of team member, respecting
them in order to maintain team sprit promotes equality and diversity at workplace. There are
various methods by which manger of company can encourage its team work like by appraising
their performance in front of higher executives.
TASK 2
A. What are the factors affecting learning? Review their impact on learning.
Age- Age is connected with the declination in cognitive abilities that are essential for
maintaining functional independences like learning new skill. When a person become older his/
her learning power get decreases due to some health problems.
Financial situation- When financial condition of an individual is not good, it bring
insomnia, weight gain, depression, anxiety etc. and that affects the learning process of an
individual.
Confidence- This is another factor that also affects the learning power of an individual as
high confidence improve the understanding of a problem (Afful, 2018). If an individual have
high confidence then it will be more critical understanding of a problem. Therefore, better
understanding in teaching and learning activities within classroom enhances the strength and
understanding.
Educational background: Higher level of education are linked with the good range of
positive outcome including wellbeing, higher social trust, greater political interest etc. Therefore,
good and high educational background is beneficial for the upcoming generation as it boost up
the learning power and gives motivation to learn more.

B. Review the impacts of different abilities on learning.
Analytical skills: It refers to the ability to collect and analyse the information, resolve
problem and make decision accordingly. It puts affirmative impacts on ability of learning as it
motivates and encourage person to perform all function effectively and take decision in better
manner.
Skill development: Improvement in skill impose positive impact on learning as it increase
ability of an individual to perform more complex and difficult task in effective manner without
worrying about uncertainties and risk. Therefore, it is good in term of development (Gotsis and
Grimani, 2017).
Physical disability: It discourage an individual internally as it is a substantial and long
term condition that puts adverse effect on person’s body & that impairs and limits their physical
functioning.
C. Barriers to equality and diversity.
Limits of language: There is no limits of language across the world and that acts as
barriers for equality and diversity within organisation. The difference between two cultures
reflects perfectly in their language and sometime that bring conflicts in between employee of an
organisation. By engaging individual towards role/ task it can be overcome. As well as by
providing training and development to all employees language barrier in diversity cab be
eliminate.
Peer pressure: It is direct influence on people by peer or by changing attitude, values,
behaviour an individual can follow their peer or can get encouragement. When peer puts pressure
on individual within company brings negativity and creates disputes among workforce.
Lack of self-confidence: Lacking in confidences is the barrier if effective communication
and if is absent then it act as barrier to equality and diversity too. With relevance to workplace
for opting equality and diversity it is important to have effective communication in between all
workforce.
Discrimination Bullying- Discrimination based on age, gender sex, race etc. within
company creates bias and act as barrier in diversity and equality staff (Lindberg, 2018). It create
hostile environment that lowers the quality, integrity and pace of advancement. So this is not
good for company along with employee in context of productivity and profitability.

D. Recommend what can be done to remove barriers within company.
Responding to feedback from students: To maintain equality and diversity in classroom,
teacher can take feedback and ask their viewpoints and then by considering it gives opportunity
to students for feeling significant and accomplishment. This gives strength to perform well and
effectively.
Encourage team working: To remove equality & diversity barrier, management team
within company can encourage and motivate their employee towards diversity. With this,
effective and healthy working environment can be generate and that increase the overall
efficiency and productivity of employees.
Sharing good practice: When leaders or manger within organisation share equal & good
practices with all teammates, it bring encouragement and positivity among all to perform
effectively and well for the accomplishment of orginsational goal. Therefore with the help of this
activity it is possible to remove such barrier.
Sharing experiences and coping strategies: When leaders shares their experiences to team
mates equally and inspire them to do the same for gaining success in life bring ultimately
motivation in all staff and assist company to achieve goal without thinking about discrimination.
TASK 3
A. Summarise the policy and regulatory framework relating to equality and diversity.
Equality Act 2010- This act was proposed with the aim of protection of employee from any
kind of harassment or discrimination within company. This provides equality to all individual
who are working under same organisation and removes discrimination based on age, disability,
gender race, sex, religion, pregnancy & maturity. It maintain the consistency and foster positivity
in firm and that is valuable for growth and development.
Equality of opportunity: It increase the satisfaction, loyalty and commitment level of an
employee toward employer when they all received equal rights, benefits and remuneration. It is
good for both company and (Väyrynen and Paksuniemi, 2020). It avoids the bias and all people
get outcome on their performances not on based of bias. In with the diversity and equality values
everyone’s differences for maintaining positivity in an organisation.
Workplace regulation: It is the primary responsibly of manger or team leader to provide
safety & security to all individual while working in an organisation. For this they can make some

regulation and norms based on safety as well as can give health insurance card to all staff for
their welfare. In relevance to this it is vital to provide similar and equal safety measurement to all
workforce. Regulation require employer to provide adequate lightning, heating, ventilation and
workspace including toilet and washing facilities.
Organisation policies and procedures: In this, it is important to makes all policies and
regulation by considering all factors that can influences as well as by opting all legislation that
are meant for welfare of both company and organisation. It can be includes all rules, norms,
strategies etc. that are devised in company for the betterment of organisation and effectively
accomplishment of orginsational gaol.
B. Influences on organisational policies and own practices due to legislations.
Influence on orginsational policies:
Nominated roles and responsibility: Due to changes in policies and strategies, roles and
responsibility that are assigned to employees also got affected because the management team of
company need to form strategies according to changes of external environment and for this staff
need to be flexible with the changes (Valle and Connor, 2019).
Marketing & promotion of course: To promote about product/ services, for creating
awareness in market, entities need to address all policies that make them to carry out their all
activities effectively.
Organisational policies: To devised organisational policies, management team of
company need to consider all legislation that are meant for employees and company. With this,
they will effectively run their business operation and make policies without any hindrance.
Influence on practice:
Awareness of current legislation: It is important for company to have awareness about all
policies & legislation that could affect the business activities. For this entities have continuously
focus on all market changes.
Reviewing own approaches- When new legislation are imposed, management tem within
an organisation need to review their all approaches for making changes in policies according to
current changes.
Confronting issues: This is another influence that may be occur due to change in legislation
as it become tough for all companies to be flexible with all changes. Therefore, it become
difficult for them to confronting all changes.

C. Explain how working with other agencies can promote diversity.
Liaising with specialised support agencies: When company carry out liaising with other
specialised support agencies, then entities have so many option and viewpoints in order to make
any strategies and plan for full filling the needs and demands of consumers effectively as well as
to accomplish the common goal. This will initiate diversity in term of several ideas company
(Baglieri, 2017).
Working with cultural or community groups- By working with different culture or
community group gives opportunity to company for gaining experiences and improving skill for
the development of organisation. As different culture group have different knowledge and
experiences and when all comes together then creates cultural diversity. This is beneficial for
company when they are wishing to expand their business and helpful in terms of exploring. Thus
it promotes cultural diversity.
Contact with employee- When a student is in context to an employee, it is beneficial for
students in term of gaining and exploring all knowledge that are requires to be present in an
individual while working in firm. Also it promotes friendly policies, reward referral diversity,
leverage diverse job boards etc.
Specialist Speakers- By creating mentorship programme, as it is a key component of
workforce diversity in order to make sure that everyone has opportunity to advance their skill
and knowledge. When speakers share their knowledge related with the specialisation, it improves
knowledge of workforces and provide them chances to learn more from them. Therefore it
promotes affirmative diversity.
D. Reflect on how the promotion of equality and diversity can protect learners from risk to harm.
Risk-
Following policies and procedure- When all individual or learners will follow all policies
and norms that are meant for them, rescue them to any kind of harm or uncertainty that may be
face while forming function or activity.
Tackling discrimination- Equality and diversity avoids discrimination & supports learners
to rescue them from any kind of discrimination that may occur at workplace (Girardone, Kokas
and Wood, 2021). Discrimination creates conflicts and equality is that factor which eliminates
discrimination.

Recognising symptoms of students at risk- By aware students primarily, professional can
rescues their learner’s from any kind of problem and issue and fetch equality and diversity.
Tackling issues of stress related illness- This is another role that is performed by manger or
professional in order guard employees/ learners from harm as it lower stress and make them feel
relax and calm to perm well.
TASK 4
A. Why it is important to promote an inclusive learning environment.
Shred responsibilities- To share the responsibilities among all members of team promotes
an inclusive learning environment as all members will interest with each other for accomplish the
goal effectively.
Collaborative working- For performing function in effective manner, it is vital to carry out
all activities in collaborative manner. It brings learning environment encourage all staff to work
in collaborative manner for the successful implementation of strategies and plan.
Empowering your students- By assign some roles and responsibilities to student, they will
fell relaxed and get sufficient time to think more about other activates this foster an inclusive
learning environment.
Celebrating achievement- When teacher celebrates the achievement then it motives
students and make them happy to perform well more and improve their career.
B. Summarise your own role & responsibility in promoting equality and diversity.
Celebrating success- In order to promote equality and diversity within organisation, the
primary rile that is performed by entities are celebration of success as it motive and encourage
staff. Also gives them strength to perform more effectively in future.
Promoting inclusive practices- This is considered as another duty that is performed by
management team as it promotes diversity and equality for the betterment of (Schuelka and et.al.,
2019).
Challenging inappropriate behaviour- For maintaining positivity and healthy environment
it is vital to challenge inappropriate behaviour as it bring equality too at workplace.
Giving students responsibility for own action – For action, professional can assign role to
themselves only as it stimulate diversity & equality among all students.

C. Analyse the way to promote inclusion.
Positive attitude- By behaving and maintaining positive attitude towards professional
foster inclusion and that is vital to be successful in life. It refers to etiquettes and upbringing of
an individual.
Rewarding succession- To promote inclusion professional can rewards to those learners
who perform will and scored high. This will inspire them along with other for performing better
in future.
Encouraging best practices- When professional encourage best practice within campus
bring inclusion and give clarity to all about objective and aim that need to be accomplished by
them.
Working with others- It embrace students diversity, encourage student interaction, and
promote a positive learning climate for marinating the effectiveness of classroom also promotes
inclusion.
D. Actions that can be taken to value individual learners and good practices in providing
individual learners.
Action -
Ice breakers: This tends to an interactive session in between learners and professional and
provides so many information to all against each other. This is an effective mode or action that
values individual learner. In this session all each individual gives their introduction to all who are
present in this session. Thus it gives chances to all for knowing each other (Stepaniuk, 2019).
Developing individual role and responsibility: By assigning roles and responsibility to all
individual according to skill and knowledge make feel learners valued. So with such type of
action, productivity can be improved.
Promoting intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: To maintain working efficiency and for
enhancing it is important for provide intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to all people. Intrinsic are
intangible such as inspiration whereas extrinsic refers to financial motivation.
Sharing social and culture values: Within an organisation, it is the responsibility of
manger to shares social and culture values as it values individual and give them strength to
perform well and efficiently.
Providing information-