At the start of the lecture we had about 10 minutes to write about what we knew about the words inclusive and equality. I thought this was a good way of us learning as this gave us a chance to research what we were going to learn about. The lecturer then went into more detail and asked what our views were on inclusion and equality. This helped me understand what other people in the class were thinking, and what their views were. The lecturer also explained why both were important, and ways in which this has been introduced into society, by for example different policies like “The Equality Act”. The lecturer also went into how if people did not promote inclusion that it could lead to sexism, racism, sectarianism etc. Throughout the lesson, we learned what having a connection is and that it means “focuses on interdependence, team work, relationships and sense of community”.

I understand most of the subjects covered as I done modern studies which went into some depth of equality and some acts. However, this lecture went into a lot more detail about what it means to be inclusive, and the three stages of inclusion and also what it means to have privilege.

I also understand what discrimination is, as the media report it every day. However, I would like to learn more about the scale of discrimination and how it can start with Antilocution which is when people can say a sensitive joke, or comment negatively on another group of people.

A way in which I can understand the areas which I am struggling to understand would be to use reliable sources of information from books, or websites which are government and organisation based.

I thought this lecture was very interesting and believe that this is something teachers need to know more about, so we can teach children morals to decrease the amount of discrimination in the world, and so that children see everyone as equal.