{"id":117,"date":"2023-02-27T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:30:28","slug":"books-and-other-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/test-pl\/books-and-other-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-118\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27124738\/Representation-Matters-Elsa-Henry-768x768-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Representation matters because there's a richness to disability you're probably not aware of... Write YA characters who have conviction, who use wheelchairs with no handles to be abused by people who want to move them, write blind girls who have guide dragons and who wield a sword like their peers. - Elsa S. Henry\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities?longdesc=118&amp;referrer=117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27124738\/Representation-Matters-Elsa-Henry-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27124738\/Representation-Matters-Elsa-Henry-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27124738\/Representation-Matters-Elsa-Henry-768x768-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27124738\/Representation-Matters-Elsa-Henry-768x768-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The books and other resources used in school should reflect the diverse reality of Scotland today. This may require a refresh of your current provision.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">When creating and choosing resources, practitioners should take care to ensure that all groups are represented. They should consider all the protected characteristics with particular attention paid to groups which are or have traditionally been under-represented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When selecting resources for use in class this Critical Thinking Model can be used to help evaluate them. Note that while it is titled &#8216;Antiracist Critical Thinking&#8217; the questions can also be used to consider representation of other protected characteristics.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-314 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/05\/12172803\/Anti-racist-critical-thinking-model-with-border.png\" alt=\"Antiracist Critical Thinking Model by @GCEducationScot\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/05\/12172803\/Anti-racist-critical-thinking-model-with-border.png 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/05\/12172803\/Anti-racist-critical-thinking-model-with-border-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/05\/12172803\/Anti-racist-critical-thinking-model-with-border-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/05\/12172803\/Anti-racist-critical-thinking-model-with-border-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">There are some completed examples of this model in practice <\/span><em><strong><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/edspll\/brl-anti-racist-critical-thinking-curriculum-design-cfdfk0pedu43zvko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-119\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27125417\/RepresentationRace-300x183.png\" alt=\"&quot;Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on. I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come, quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.&quot; Whoopi Goldberg\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities?longdesc=119&amp;referrer=117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27125417\/RepresentationRace-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27125417\/RepresentationRace.png 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-12\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"12\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Representation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-231\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The books and other resources used in school should reflect the diverse reality of Scotland today. This may require a refresh of your current provision. When creating and choosing resources, practitioners should take care to ensure that all groups are represented. They should consider all the protected characteristics with particular attention paid to groups which &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/test-pl\/books-and-other-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Representation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20806,"featured_media":0,"parent":619,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/458"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}