Equality and Diversity in the curriculum

Denise Megson

March 2007

Opportunities

New curriculum/module outcomes

New module leader

Taught to small group

Diverse group members

Individual Development and Change module

Intended learning outcomes 5- describe and evaluate human development and behaviour as influenced by social factors such as poverty, gender, culture, race and ethnicity and disability

Key transferable skills- To demonstrate oral communication skills

in presenting and debating issues in seminar groups

- to make use of IT in using online resource

Content : Syllabus outline

Development of ethnic identity (theoretical models of ethnic identity – Phinney and Cross), research studies on ethnic identity, threats to identity, importance of identity and application in Nursing and Social work practice

Death and dying – cultural and religious beliefs

Content : Syllabus outline

Understanding and analysing human behaviour in social context ; human diversity

Teaching and Learning Approach

Lecture presentation on definitions, developmental process, theoretical models and application to 2 case scenarios- an African child in care, wanting to be placed with just white families and a boy of mixed parentage experiencing bullying by black boys in his new school.

“Bring, show and tell” – each student to bring 3 items, to show and tell the seminar group how the items expresses their ethnic identity.

Items bought in

Clothing – cheongsam, football shirt, computer image of African tribal dress, Arabic headscarf and Indian shoes

Foodstuff – beer, gravy granules, dried fish

Evaluation of the seminar

5 areas of learning :-

about their peers and

about themselves,

issues encountered in their preparation and why did they think they occurred,

application in practice setting and

effectiveness of the bring, show and tell method of learning

Teaching and Learning Approach : Death and Dying

Presentation Seminar

- Words we use to describe death - Describe how the following cultures deal with

death, in terms of care of the body, rites and rituals, beliefs relating to death and dying and afterlife.ChristiansMuslimHinduChineseJewishSikh

An example : Chinese culture

Importance of ancestor worship

Funeral attire and behaviour

Burning of “Hell money” and effigies

Gates of Hell