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

Divide the class into groups of 4-5 students.
Half of the groups will look at Equal
Opportunities and the other half at Equal
Recognition and Respect. Give each group the
relevant Photo sheet and give each student the
relevant worksheet (pages 60-63) Ask them to
look carefully at the pictures, to discuss and
answer the questions underneath. You may
need to move around the classroom to prompt
groups to consider the full meaning of some of
the pictures.
(Alternatively, you could first show the relevant
PowerPoint presentations from the DVD with
the pictures to the whole class, asking the
questions as you go through each one, before
asking them to complete the worksheets.)
When they have finished, ask each group to
feedback on the examples they have agreed on.
This may warrant a discussion on why some
groups had different interpretations to others.
Lesson 18
Use the same methodology as above to
explore the other two dimensions of
equality – Participation in Decision Making
and Equal Relationships.
Note: Refer to the Key Equality
Questions on page 7 for questions
which will be useful for Lessons 17-19.
Note: For further explanation of the 4
Dimensions see Guidelines for Second Level
Schools on Embedding Equality in School
Development Planning (2010) at
http://www.equality.ie/en/Publications/Good-
Practice-Publications/?pageNumber=2
Ask the students to write their names on the
worksheets and return them to you for use in
Lesson 19.
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