Educational equity ensures all students have equal access to educational programs and facilities regardless of personal characteristics. School districts must provide specialized programs to uphold equity, such as programs for students with disabilities. Diversity encompasses individual differences and recognizing each person as unique. Types of diversity include socioeconomic, physical ability, and language diversity. Teachers can encourage equity by carefully observing students, involving others, promoting autonomy, organizing support groups, and celebrating learning.

1. Educational Equity
General Method of Teaching
EDU 301

2. Educational Equity
• Educational equity is a federally mandated
right of all students to have equal access
to classes, facilities, and educational
programs no matter what their national
origin, race, gender, sexual orientation,
disabilities, first language, or other
distinguishing characteristic

3. • In upholding educational equity, school
districts are required to provide certain
programs for students to ensure equal
education.
• For example, students with disabilities
have access to specialized education
programs.

4. Diversity
•A range of different things.
•It means understanding that each
individual is unique, and
recognizing our individual
differences.

5. Types of diversity
1. Socioeconomic diversity
2. Physical diversity
3. Ability diversity

6. Categories of exceptionality:
•Intellectual
•Communicative
•Sensory
•Physical
•Multiple

7. Language diversity:
• Strategies to integrate address language
diversity:
• Avoid forcing pupils to speak up immediately.
• Give them some print material.
• Try to talk individually to the students.

8. • If possible, use satisfactory or
unsatisfactory grading.
• Start lesson with simple questions having
‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer.

9. Encouraging equity in
classrooms:
• Observe carefully
• Involve others
• Promote autonomy
• Organize support groups
• Celebrate learning

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