TDA 2.4
Ways in which children and young people can experience prejudice and discrimination.
2.1
Prejudice is an opinion or attitude about a group of people that is based upon lack of understanding or incorrect information, for example a child who has a disability may be thought to have learning difficulties, this can lead to discrimination which is when a person is treated unfairly because they are a member of a particular group. A child can be discriminated against for any reason, whether it is because of their size, the fact that they wear glasses or the colour of their hair. Anyone working in a school must be aware of the ways children can experience prejudice and discrimination.
Types of discrimination:-
Race
Culture
Social background
Sexual orientation
Special educational needs
Disability
Personal appearance
Poverty
Religious beliefs
Children may experience direct or indirect discrimination –
Direct discrimination - Direct discrimination occurs when you treat a pupil less favourably than you treat (or would treat) another pupil because of a protected characteristic, for example refusing to admit a child to a school as a pupil because of their race, or not accepting a pupil with special educational needs, also a group of children not letting a particular child join in with games because of their race appearance etc.
Indirect discrimination – This can be more difficult to spot as it usually occurs when there are practices and procedures in place for all pupils or a certain group that could put a particular pupil at a disadvantage or will be discriminative. A school requires male pupils to wear a cap as part of the school uniform. Although this requirement is applied equally to all pupils, it has the effect of excluding Sikh boys whose religion requires them to wear a turban. This would be indirect discrimination based on religion and belief as it is unlikely that the school would be able to justify this action.
The impact prejudice and discrimination
2.1
Prejudice is an opinion or attitude about a group of people that is based upon lack of understanding or incorrect information, for example a child who has a disability may be thought to have learning difficulties, this can lead to discrimination which is when a person is treated unfairly because they are a member of a particular group. A child can be discriminated against for any reason, whether it is because of their size, the fact that they wear glasses or the colour of their hair. Anyone working in a school must be aware of the ways children can experience prejudice and discrimination.
Types of discrimination:-
Race
Culture
Social background
Sexual orientation
Special educational needs
Disability
Personal appearance
Poverty
Religious beliefs
Children may experience direct or indirect discrimination –
Direct discrimination - Direct discrimination occurs when you treat a pupil less favourably than you treat (or would treat) another pupil because of a protected characteristic, for example refusing to admit a child to a school as a pupil because of their race, or not accepting a pupil with special educational needs, also a group of children not letting a particular child join in with games because of their race appearance etc.
Indirect discrimination – This can be more difficult to spot as it usually occurs when there are practices and procedures in place for all pupils or a certain group that could put a particular pupil at a disadvantage or will be discriminative. A school requires male pupils to wear a cap as part of the school uniform. Although this requirement is applied equally to all pupils, it has the effect of excluding Sikh boys whose religion requires them to wear a turban. This would be indirect discrimination based on religion and belief as it is unlikely that the school would be able to justify this action.
The impact prejudice and discrimination