Module Descriptors
EQUALITY MATTERS: ISSUES FOR A DIVERSE POPULATION
SOCY50222
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Sandra Hope-Forest
Email: S.Hope-Forest@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours:
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 75%
- COURSEWORK - REVIEW weighted at 25%
Module Details
Module Resources
The library
Video Play back facilities
PCs with standard suite of University soft ware providing access to e-mail, Blackboard, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Video Play back facilities
PCs with standard suite of University soft ware providing access to e-mail, Blackboard, the internet, word processing, etc.
Rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Learning Strategies
For 300 hours, of which 24 will be whole group contact and the remainder will be guided independent study.
Whole group contact will consist of formal lectures, workshops on preparation for assessment and guidance for student's work outside of class and guidance over source materials and seminars centred on discussion of key issues prepared by students in advance. Student seminar work will be further supported by structured work sheets and formative feedback. Independent learning will consist of preparation workshop and seminar sessions
and preparation for assessment.
Whole group contact will consist of formal lectures, workshops on preparation for assessment and guidance for student's work outside of class and guidance over source materials and seminars centred on discussion of key issues prepared by students in advance. Student seminar work will be further supported by structured work sheets and formative feedback. Independent learning will consist of preparation workshop and seminar sessions
and preparation for assessment.
Module Indicative Content
This module enables students to examine key issues in contemporary debates concerning attitudes and
values, equality and inequality and anti-oppressive practice. Consideration will be given to history and heritage as well as current human rights legislation; Issues of power, prejudice, discrimination and oppression. Key areas will include gender, ethnicity, age, impairment, sexual orientation, religion, class, refugees and asylum seekers.
values, equality and inequality and anti-oppressive practice. Consideration will be given to history and heritage as well as current human rights legislation; Issues of power, prejudice, discrimination and oppression. Key areas will include gender, ethnicity, age, impairment, sexual orientation, religion, class, refugees and asylum seekers.
Module Additional Assessment Details
One essay of 2,500 words weighted at 75% (1, 2, 3 and 4)
One 1,500 word review of a piece of rights legislation weighted at 25% (3 and 4)
One 1,500 word review of a piece of rights legislation weighted at 25% (3 and 4)
Module Texts
Blumenfield W J (1992) Homophobia: How we all Pay the Price
Cooper J (ed) (2000) Law Rights and Disability
Hall T & Williamson H (2001) Citizenship and Community
Pierson J (2002) Tackling Social Exclusion
Malic H. (2003) A Practical Guide to Equal Opportunities
May S et al (2004) Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights
Millam, R. (2002) Anti-Discriminatory Practice
Morris J (1998) Don't leave us out: including disabled children and young people with communication
impairment
Oliver M (1990) The Politics of Disablement Macmillan
Thompson N (1998) Promoting Equality
Woodward K. (ed) (1997) Identity and Difference
Cooper J (ed) (2000) Law Rights and Disability
Hall T & Williamson H (2001) Citizenship and Community
Pierson J (2002) Tackling Social Exclusion
Malic H. (2003) A Practical Guide to Equal Opportunities
May S et al (2004) Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights
Millam, R. (2002) Anti-Discriminatory Practice
Morris J (1998) Don't leave us out: including disabled children and young people with communication
impairment
Oliver M (1990) The Politics of Disablement Macmillan
Thompson N (1998) Promoting Equality
Woodward K. (ed) (1997) Identity and Difference