Equality: Making It Happen

Author(s):

Artemi Sakellariadis(presenting / submitting)

Conference:

ECER 2016

Network:

04. Inclusive Education

Format:

Paper

Session Information

04 SES 05 A, Inclusive Pedagogy

Paper Session

Time:

2016-08-24

13:30-15:00

Room:

OB-H2.20

Chair:

Liz Todd

Contribution

CSIE has created, in collaboration with primary and secondary schools in England, a practical and user-friendly guide to help schools address equality holistically. “Equality: Making It Happen” has succinct and accessible reference cards, covering all equality strands and aspects of everyday school life, which offer: key information; practical advice and suggested activities; examples of good practice; equality monitoring tools; and sources of further information and support. The new guide can help schools address prejudice and reduce bullying. Materials can be used for teaching and learning activities, assemblies, peer mentoring, school council, curriculum review, staff training and whole school development.

“Equality: Making It Happen” has been sponsored by teachers’ union NASUWT and has attracted overwhelmingly positive feedback, for example: “an absolutely amazing resource that is easy to use and extremely well designed” and “this should be part of every teacher’s toolkit”. The guide has been shortlisted for the European Zero Project award (working for a world with zero barriers) and will be presented at the Zero Project Conference in Vienna in February 2016.

Method

A research proposal is currently being explored with researchers at the University of Bristol.

Expected Outcomes

In this paper I shall offer a brief overview of the new guide, the collaborative process of creating it and its innovative approach to advancing equality in schools. I shall then present ongoing research on its impact on pupil and staff well-being in UK schools and an up-to-date account of similar work in other countries; at the time of writing, translation and adaptation permissions have been requested from organisations in the Netherlands and in Chile. Finally, I shall discuss issues of replicability and the relevance of this work to other countries in Europe and beyond.

References

CSIE staff and associates (2016) Equality: Making It Happen; A guide to help schools ensure everyone is safe, included and learning (Bristol: Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education - CSIE)

Author Information

Artemi Sakellariadis (presenting / submitting)

Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)

Bristol

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