Diversity means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognising our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. Diversity is the way we value and respect the learner’s differences, regardless of ability or circumstances such as race, culture, disabilities, colour, class, gender etc (Petty L, 2014)
Equality and diversity, or multiculturalism, is the idea of promoting and accepting the differences between people. Particularly, equality is about ensuring people are treated justly and in the same way, no matter their race, gender, age, disability, religion or sexual
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Teacher to shows example that learners can emulates. It helps to identifying opportunities within teaching learners to work collaboratively in diverse groups, by sharing individual ways of life or beliefs by embracing different cultural festivals or food preparation. It also helps to devise creative and respectful ways of using the diverse experiences of students to add value to the learning experience for all learners and addressing difficulties that hinder language learning and skills development. (Petty L, 2014)
D: Analyse the ways to promote equality and value diversity.
Promotion of equality and diversity in the class shouldn’t be a challenge and is something that learners should be familiar at the beginning of the course to know their responsibilities as learners, to contribute to well-being of others in the class not to bully or harass others because of the differences, giving positive attitudes to individuals. The initial diagnostics assessment should be done by all teachers to be aware the learners needs and ways of supporting, know them as individual that have different needs of learning such as weakness, strength, opportunities and treat.
Discussing the ways to meet their differences and adapting differences resources to use for