Valuing Diversity: Types, Bases and Impact of Discrimination

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
6
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

  • 1.2

    Explain discrimination using at least two sociological and or psychological theories.

2.

Understand the basis of discrimination.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Explain different bases of discrimination using examples from the nine protected characteristics. (Equality Act 2010)

  • 2.2

    Analyse and discuss the role discrimination plays within society.

  • 2.3

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

3.

Understand the impact of discrimination on individuals.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1

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

4.

Understand the role of language in social interaction and discrimination.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1

    Explain how individuals in organisations can discriminate through language.

  • 4.2

    Discuss the way language and in particular:

    a) tone

    b) choice of words

    c) assumptions

    d) non-verbal signals

    communicate meaning.