Diversity Training Handbook

After the Stephen Lawrence case and the Race Relations Act (2000), all organizations in the UK have had to become much more aware of diversity issues and the need to understand and, if necessary, change underlying attitudes. This handbook offers a practical and sensible approach to dealing with this sensitive issue. Providing clear guidelines, it contains advice for dealing with issues including stereotyping, prejudice, racism, sexism, homophobia, disability and more. There is information on designing diversity training and advice on appropriate techniques to help bring about attitudinal change.

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Diversity issues and the need to understand and, if necessary, change underlying attitudes has become increasingly important for organizations. The Diversity Training Handbook provides a practical approach to dealing with this sensitive and vital issue. From one of the authors of the highly successful Equal Opportunities Handbook, this 3rd edition is updated to include a new chapter on facilitating diversity training as well as information on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Diversity Training Handbook provides clear guidelines for dealing with issues including stereotyping, prejudice, racism, sexism, ageism and disability and contains information and advice on appropriate techniques to help bring about attitudinal change.

Greater workforce diversity and business trends make the management of such diversity an important challenge for organizational leaders. The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work offers a comprehensive review of current theory and research and stimulates thoughtful and provocative conversation about future study of diversity in the workplace.

Acknowledgements Section 1. Foundations 3 Chapter 1. Introduction: How to Use this Manual.. ................... Chapter 2. How Do We Understand Difference?. ...................... 17 Section 2. Dimensions of Difference: Culture, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Parental Partnership 29 Chapter 3. Cultural Values and Worldview.. ............................ Chapter 4. Socioeconomic Status.. ....................................... 4 1 ............................................ 5 1 Chapter 5. Race and Ethnicity.. Chapter 6. Language in the Classroom.. .................................. 67 Chapter 7. Working with Diverse Families: Parental Partnership in Education.. ........................................ 8 1 viii Table of Contents Section 3 . Dimensions of Difference: Gender Chapter 8 . Gender ............................................................ Chapter 9 . Sexual Orientation and Youth ................................. Section 4 . Other Challenges to Diversity Chapter 10 . Bullying in Schools ............................................. Chapter 1 1 . Creating Community through Classroom Management .. Chapter 12 . Child Abuse and Resilience .................................. Section 5 . Understanding Exceptional Microcultures Chapter 13 . Exceptional Microcultures: Dealing with Trauma ...... Chapter 14 . Exceptional Microcultures: Youth with Emotional Disturbance- Childhood Depression. Eating Disorders .................. Chapter 15 . Exceptional Microcultures: How to Make a Referral .. Section 6 . Conclusion Chapter 16 . Conclusion: The Multicultural Educator .................. Selected Bibliography ...................................................... Glossary of Terms ........................................................... Appendix A . Sample Course Syllabus .................................... Appendix B . Educational Intervention Proposal Paper ................. Index ............................................................................ Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching: A Manual for Students and Educators is an excellent guide for preparing responsive teachers, capable of exploring the roots of a wide variety of types of diversity and acting with knowledge and sensitivity to improve student learning and self-efficacy.

Most people are not racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist, or prejudiced against faith groups and they don't deliberately make life harder for people with a disability. However, they are bombarded with negative stereotypes and myths in their daily lives. Their own limited opportunity for mixing with people different from them can lead to ignorance, insensitivity, and unthinking prejudice. This manual contains photocopiable material which can be used by business organizations in small discussion groups to challenge negative stereotypes, myths, and prejudices by way of increasing awareness. The manual recognizes the importance of developing leadership from the top and of creating a safe environment for people to challenge and be challenged. An Elephant in the Room gives managers, trainers, and personnel staff the material to raise the profile of equality and diversity in their organization. Taken as a whole, the manual will help: change the way people think and behave at work - enable managers to become better people managers - enable the organization to realize the full benefits of a diverse workforce - increase the awareness and sensitivity of staff towards their colleagues and their customers - create equality and diversity champions.

Showcases the scope of international perspectives that exist on workplace diversity and defines this field. This book is a useful resource for students and academics of human resource management, organisational behaviour, organisational psychology and organisation studies.