Valuing Diversity: Types, Bases and Impact of Discrimination

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand different types of discrimination.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Explain different types of discrimination to include:

         a) Direct discrimination

         b) Associative discrimination

         c) Perceptive discrimination

         d) Indirect discrimination

         e) Institutional discrimination.

  • 1.2.

    Explain discrimination using at least one sociological and one psychological theory.

2.

Understand the basis of discrimination.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Explain different bases of discrimination using examples from the nine protected characteristics.

3.

Be able to analyse discrimination within society.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Analyse the role discrimination plays within society.

  • 3.2.

    Discuss ways in which discrimination can be counteracted by agencies or individuals.

4.

Be able to evaluate the impact of discrimination on individuals.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Evaluate the impact on individuals of direct, indirect, associative, perceptive, and institutional discrimination.

5.

Understand the role of language in social interaction and discrimination.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1.

    Explain how individuals and organisations can discriminate through language.

  • 5.2.

    Discuss the way language communicates meaning, in particular through:

         a) tone

         b) choice of words

         c) assumptions

         d) non-verbal signals.