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Understanding Diversity in Education

This document discusses understanding diversity. It begins with an introduction to the lesson which is about understanding diversity. It then discusses learning activities for students to share their experiences and learn about each other. The document defines diversity and explains that it involves understanding and appreciating differences. It also discusses the diversity wheel model which shows the dimensions of diversity, including personality, internal dimensions, external dimensions, and organizational dimensions. The document concludes with learning activity questions to promote understanding of diversity.

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Understanding Diversity in Education

This document discusses understanding diversity. It begins with an introduction to the lesson which is about understanding diversity. It then discusses learning activities for students to share their experiences and learn about each other. The document defines diversity and explains that it involves understanding and appreciating differences. It also discusses the diversity wheel model which shows the dimensions of diversity, including personality, internal dimensions, external dimensions, and organizational dimensions. The document concludes with learning activity questions to promote understanding of diversity.

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  • Lesson Overview: Introduces the lesson topic 'Understanding Diversity' as part of a course on Special and Inclusive Education.
  • Instructor Information: Provides the instructor's name, position, and contact information for students.
  • Learning Activity No. 1: Engages students with group activities to explore how people feel and their experiences with diversity.
  • Understanding Diversity: Defines diversity and discusses the conscious practices involved in recognizing and appreciating differences.
  • Sources of Diversity: Describes the different layers of diversity, including personality, internal, external, and organizational dimensions.
  • Learning Activity No. 2: Provides a summary of questions related to diversity, encouraging further discussion and reflection.
  • Quote on Diversity: Features an inspirational quote by Albert Einstein on recognizing individual potential and avoiding comparison.
  • Credits: Lists the template and image sources used for the presentation, including credits to SlidesMania and Unsplash.

ED 124

Foundation of Special
and Inclusive Education

Lesson 1: Understanding Diversity


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Purity V. Mata
Instructor I
SSG Adviser
Chairperson, Campus Organization
Chairperson, R&D Educ. Dept.

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Learning Activity No. 1
Find Out How People Feel
With your group, share your experiences
last semester. Start by completing the
phrases below.

ü “If you really knew me, you’d know


that”…
ü The rose (best part) and thorn (worst
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part) last semester were…


Learning Activity No. 1
Find Out How People Feel
Answer the following questions:
1. How did you feel about the activity?
2. Are your experiences the same or not?
3. What are the reasons that would
explain the differences in your
experiences?
4. What have you learned from the
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activity?
What is Diversity?

Diversity means more than just acknowledging and/ or


tolerating differences. It is a set of conscious practices
that involve:

Ø Understanding and appreciating interdependence of


humanity, cultures, and the natural environment.

Ø Practicing mutual respect for qualities and experiences


that are different from our own.
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What is Diversity?

Ø Understanding that diversity includes not only ways of


being but also ways of knowing.

Ø Recognizing that personal, cultural and institutionalized


discrimination creates and sustains privileges for some
while creating and sustaining disadvantages for others.

Ø Building alliances across differences so that we can work


together to eradicate all forms of discrimination.
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What are Sources of Diversity?

The Diversity Wheel gives an overview of the dimensions of


diversity that are present and active in one’s workplace or
environment. It consists of four layers:

ü 1st layer – Personality

ü 2nd layer – Internal Dimensions

ü 3rd layer – External Dimensions


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ü 4th layer – Organizational Dimensions


Personality
shows how a person interacts with
others and what his/her
characteristics are, whether s/he is
an introvert, ambivert or extrovert,
active or passive, a fast and dynamic
doer or a silent and reflective thinker
etc., and how all these aspects
together affect the way others treat
the person.
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Internal Dimensions
are based on six aspects that an
individual possibly cannot choose or
control him/herself, i.e. they are
given: age, gender, sexual orientation,
physical ability, ethnicity and race.
These aspects influence how the
person is treated when s/he is
dealing with diversity in
communication and interaction with
others.
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External Dimensions
depict the outcomes of life
experiences and decisions/choices
taken. Altogether there are ten
different areas (such as education,
work experience, income, marital
status, … ) through which people can
be appreciated or degraded,
connected or disconnected
depending on how exactly these
aspects are seen and applied.
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Organizational Dimensions
include elements that are integrated
into work and social interaction in an
organization/at a work place. They
contain a number of hierarchical as
well as functional aspects of working
life and how a person relates to them
in the context of diversity.
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Learning Activity No. 2

What is diversity?

What are sources of


DIVERSITY diversity?

How do we promote
supportive
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environments to
diverse learners?
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a
fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will
live its whole life believing that it is
stupid.
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― Albert Einstein
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