simplest terms diversity and inclusion can be explained by diversity being the mix and inclusion is getting the mix to work well together. In broader terms, diversity is anything that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. This can be anything from life experiences, learning styles, personality types to race, gender, sexual orientation or even county of origin. These differences can be used to achieve quality teaching, learning and support services. Inclusion is used to describe
Diversity means understanding that individuals are unique or different in a particular way, leaning to accept and live with people with this differences. Interacting with people from different, religious beliefs, races, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, gender, physical abilities, political beliefs, or other ideologies, sexual orientation. Inclusion mean a state of being a part or identifying with a particular societal group. Diversity and inclusion on campus are very important
Diversity is a notion, when applied to the majority of circumstances, can create a positive conclusion. The trick to producing a positive outcome is often how the different aspects are brought together. Consider a classic dinner combination peas and carrots, the two colors look appealing and the two flavors comes together as one making a superb side dish. Now consider oil and water, these two substance are not often considered a good combination. Although, this is not always the case; olive oil and
Striving for diversity and inclusion is something we strive for at Wisconsin, but is this important for businesses to pursue as well? Diversity and inclusion are essential to growth and innovation in any business. Diversity is having employees that come from a wide variety of racial, gender, ethnic, and sexuality backgrounds. Inclusion means that once you have these people in your company that they feel valued and accepted as part of the company with their background. The need for diversity and inclusion
experiences one is able to see how this guidance is being achieved. This leads one to explore other strategies that encourage diversity. In particular a model of best practice put in place a different approach to teaching children from diverse backgrounds due to the particularly high numbers of children learning EAL (Appendix 5). In this setting, professionals encouraged cultural diversity by allowing, when necessary, children to use their home languages. Support for this belief has been seen within the Plowden
theater company, determine who is considered beautiful, what is acceptable, which stereotypes will be perpetuated or dissipate. It was in directing for my high school that I discovered just how important a director’s role is in regards to inclusion and diversity. Every year, four groups of upperclassmen are each given the opportunity to direct a one act play for an event called Freshmen Shows. Freshmen Shows are used to give upperclassmen real world directing experience. Furthermore, upperclassmen
On November 25th, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, or PL 94-142. This legislation guaranteed that all children with disabilities and their families would have certain rights with respect to education. PL 94-142 has 6 major components: a free and appropriate public education, students with disabilities will be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE), students will have an individual education program (IEP), the right of procedural
differently, embraces change and diversity, and model inclusion. Like the ocean tides rising and falling, our society is ever-changing, and as a result, it is imperative that individuals and organizations must learn to identify, to understand and to support diversity and cultivate inclusion. Description
What are the dimensions of cultural diversity? There have been a variety of attempts to develop a concise definition or reliable classification of what is meant by cultural diversity for a number of decades. Although there is no universal system available for determining what cultural diversity is there are several reappearing characteristics that are used by many of the experts attempting to arrive at a recognized system (Fearon, 2003). The first generalized dimension used is the concept of
One of the most striking examples that is commonly known as ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ initiatives in higher education in the U.S. Since the last decade a range of proactive measures has innovated to stop various kinds of discrimination and promote institutional diversity. UMass, Amherst is the largest public university in New England area (comprises of six north-eastern states) in the U.S. Thus, UMass attracts underrepresented students to pursue their higher education aspirations. Being