November 2, 2018
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A race is just how society groups humans. Different races have different characteristics which make each of us unique. Everyone regardless of race should be treated equally and fairly, because we are human and put simply humans have rights. Reflecting on Derek’s lecture surrounding social inequality and engaging with the materials on week 3 of […] Continue reading
October 8, 2018
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Comments Off on Why Gender an issue?
We have been learning in our lectures about Gender issues in our society and all over the world. Was gender an issue always in every culture, religion and country? May be yes or no. My personal view about specific toys, clothes, colours, activities and hobbies should not be limited to boys( blue) and girls (pink). […] Continue reading
September 27, 2018
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Comments Off on Legacy of Empire: Racism and Misogyny
I found the issues explored this week were very closely aligned to my own passionate belief in equality and fairness. It is also very interesting to me personally as a mature student to note that that concepts around equality and fairness were regarded as in some way subversive or counter-cultural when I was growing up: […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on The Ignorance of Inequality
It’s a sad reality isn’t it? How one child has an abundance of choice when it comes to choosing what they want to be whenever they grow up no matter their ability as the parents bottomless bank fills in any struggling areas leaving tutors happy and select pupils outstanding in the classroom surpassing those ‘less …
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Social (In)Justice in the classroom!
On reflection, I really enjoyed group 4’s Seminar with Gillian last Tuesday. I’m not sure I was enjoying it at the time though as I was in one of the under-resourced groups!! The whole session was designed to subtly explore ideas around structural inequalities and social justice which I felt it did extremely well. The […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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As part of the Values module in the Education and Social work course, I participated in an activity to do with inequalities. This activity was very insightful into the lives of children which will be experiencing deprivation. We were split into four groups and we were given little information about the end outcome of this […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Every Day’s A School Day…
…and this has been especially true of the last couple of weeks! As a (numerically) mature student with no prior experience or family history of University life a new world has been revealed to me. Throughout my life I have worked in a variety of jobs, most recently 16 years as an outdoor educator. My […] Continue reading
