Equality and Diversity - Building a Culture of ... - Equality Authority

Lessons 17-18
Exploring Different Aspects
of Equality
Learning Intentions
Students will understand
equality at a deeper level
Students will understand
each of the four dimensions
of equality.
Lesson 17
The Four Dimensions of Equality Part 1
Equal Opportunities; and Equal Respect
Activity
Resources
Copies of the photo sheets for
each dimension, preferably
enlarged to A3. You will need
approximately 3 copies of each
dimension (see instructions on
following page)
Copies of the worksheets for
each dimension. For each
worksheet, you will need
enough to give one to half of
the students in the class (see
instructions on following page)
Begin by asking the class to think back to the last two
lessons and describe what equality means. If they did not
present their Statments of what equality means, then they
could do this now. Display their descriptions to refer back
to during this and the following lessons.
Explain to the students that as well as the ideas they have
already discussed, there are four big ideas about Equality
which have influenced the legislation and the promotion
of equality.
These are usually called the 4 Dimensions and are:
Equal Opportunities and Outcomes
Equal Recognition and Respect for who People are
The Dimensions of Equality
PowerPoint presentations (on
the accompanying DVD)
Participation in Decision Making and in society
Equality in Relationships
Note: Students should stay
in the same small groups
for each of the next three
lessons. You should also
collect up all the worksheets
from the students at the
end of Lessons 17 and 18 as
they will need them again in
Lesson 19.
You can explain that the class will look at these over the
next two lessons and then explore one of two of them
through the stories of young people and migrant workers.
Today they will look at two of these – Equal Opportunities
and Equal Recognition and Respect for who People are.
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