Diversity Training Lesson Plan Title of lesson Respecting and Valuing Diversity Purpose Understanding, respecting and valuing diversity is important in building strong relationships. Learning outcome(s) ) Identify the places, things and people that makes up diversity Ice‐Breaker (focus participants’ attention) Diversity Bingo: Each Participant is given a bingo card consisting of different cultural specific questions. They are to circulate and find participants who can answer the cultural specific questions. The winner is the first participant to complete his/her bingo card. Pre‐test (activate and diagnose prior knowledge) What does diversity mean to you? Guided practice Input from you (main content: ideas, information, concepts, principles, procedures Individual pursuits and relationships can and examples) flourish only to the extent that we are able to understand and value the differences and Diversity is the awareness that we possess uniqueness in others. Through dialogue and differences such as: an appreciative inquiry approach, we can Religion explore what skills and knowledge we need in Gender order to learn from and value the experiences of others. Political affiliation Group Ethnicity In small group lists each participant’s definition of diversity. One member of each Education group will share their list with the entire class. Socio‐economic status List will be complied (merge common Culture concepts of diversity) and placed in a visible Accents area to remind and to reinforce the concepts Gestures of diversity from diverse perspectives. Behaviours Habits Use the concepts of diversity to better Personality Age understand ourselves and others Mental/physical abilities Skills in communication and dialogue taking Communication and dialogue into consideration individual differences Appreciation
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Diversity Training Lesson Plan Impact of our culture on our values, attitudes, Reflect and identify the underlying perspective and behaviour assumptions that influence our thinking and Awareness of barriers to creating an inclusive acting environment Majority versus minority Effects of perception, biases, prejudices, discrimination and stereotypes on human relationships Dialogue Check for understanding What would you say are some of the ways individuals and groups are discriminated against? Can you identify a hand gesture that has different meaning in different cultures? Can you explain why a diverse group of people working on a project are more effective than a homogeneous group of people? Closure (recap key concepts, helps students consolidate knowledge) Learners are divided into five and assigned a worktable. Example 1: You are disappointed by the pay raise you received this year. You’ve been learning new work‐related skills on your own time and getting excellent customer comments Respecting Diversity Team 1 works on the “value” challenge. Team 2 works on the “bad practices” challenge Team 3 works on the “root causes” challenge Team 4 works on the “good practices” challenge Team 5 works on the “act it” challenge Assessment (how does this lesson relate to assignments/homework/readings) Write a reflection paper on learning experience for each challenge
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