Last Updated on 13/08/2020 by James Barron
It is essential that equality and diversity is promoted by lecturers as without promotion the learners may become at risk of harm. Within the classroom students that have inappropriate views may make racist, sexist or other offensive comments to other students as they feel this is acceptable due to a lack of equality and diversity with the class, if this is not immediately addressed it is likely to reoccur and result in bullying. This will manifest into a student that has poor social skills and poor knowledge of what is acceptable in workplace. “Globalisation has made it easier for different communities to connect, meet and interact with each other.” (Usmani, 2016) This is especially true within the IT industry where it is likely students will go on to have colleagues based across the globe from a wide spectrum of backgrounds and cultures. Fully understanding others and them understanding you will foster tolerance within a group, once this has been achieved students are far less likely to discriminate against one another and go on to be more accepting of others outside the class. Even a relatively minor omission such as forgetting a student’s name, can, if it occurs on a regular basis, result in the student feeling unvalued within the class, this may spiral into low self-esteem possibly resulting in poor mental health and depression causing isolation and a lack of motivation. This will have a severe impact on the students work, it is likely to cause them to drop out at a particularly vulnerable time for the student, possibly, in extreme cases, resulting in self harm or radicalisation.
Bibliography
Usmani, A. R. (2016, March 6). What can tolerance do for a nation? Retrieved from Youth Voices: http://www.yourcommonwealth.org/social-development/human-rights/what-can-tolerance-do-for-a-nation/
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My first experience of teaching was in 2016, when I was asked to
deliver a talk to a group of 16-year-olds on what it was like to start
your own business. I immediately knew I wanted to become more
involved in teaching but I didn’t know where to start as I had not
previously considered a career in education. A few weeks later I
agreed to teach a class of Chinese students from the Shanghai
Technical Institute of Electronics and Information, who had travelled
to the UK to learn English and Software Engineering, after that I was
hooked. Within the next few years, I taught hundreds of students of
many different nationalities, aged from 16 to 60, and from
levels 2 to 6. I focused my time teaching with Bath University and
Bath College for several more years until I felt a change was in order.
For the last few years, I have taught remotely with several private
training organisations, provided dedicated one to one coaching
sessions, provided consultancy on teaching and assessment practices
and written about my experiences as a teacher. I plan to continue
with my current activities for the foreseeable future but I’m always
open to new teaching experiences.
