SHC 23: Equality and diversity


1.Equality means

a)Treating people fairly and giving them equal chances to support their lives
b)Understand people are unique and treat them fairly by accommodating their individual needs
c)Not treating people fairly regardless of special needs
d)Both a and b
e)Both a and c

2.Equality can be practised by

a)Provide toilets for disabled people
b)Use sign language and pictures to tell a story to a child who is hard of hearing
c)Having dolls with different skin tones
d)Both b and c
e)All of the above

3.Inclusion is about

a)Removing barriers to allow access to everyone to engage in activities or learning
b)Ensuring that no one has a sense of belonging by feeling respected and valued
c)Both a and b
d)Neither of the above

4.Inclusion is not practised if

a)Support is not given to people with special needs
b)Every child is given the same opportunities to participate
c)Some children are excluded from main activities
d)Both a and c
.

5.Inclusion can be practised by

a)Providing only English food in the setting
b)Omission of a referral to a speech therapist for child with language delay
c)Use translators to communicate with children who speak little or no English
d)Both a and b

6.Diversity means

a)Valuing and respecting differences between individuals and groups of people regardless of culture, religion, language, food, skin tones, abilities and special needs
b)Not embracing the differences in people
c)Lack of understanding of various cultures
d)All of the above

7.Diversity can be practised by

a)Serving only English food
b)Celebrate different religious festivals: Xmas, Hannuka, Diwali, etc
c)Have dolls of white skin tones to reflect English culture
d)All of the above

8.Diversity can be practised by

a)Allowing girls to play with cars and boys to play with dolls
b)Allowing boys to choose ballet dancing as a career
c)Encourage girls to do baking and boys to do science
d)All of the above

9.Diversity can be practised by

a)Serving food that reflect different cultures
b)Greeting parents and children in their language as well as English
c)Display flags of all the different countries
d)
Celebrating Xmas and Easter only e)
All of the above except d f)
All of the above

10.Discrimination is about

a)Treating someone more or less favourably than other people
b)Excluding children from certain setting and roles in life
c)Both a and b
d)Neither of the above

11.Which of the following are types of discrimination?

a)Race , culture and religion
b)Age, gender and disability
c)Social background and sexual orientation
d)All of them

12.Which of the following are types of discrimination?

a)Not allowing girls from certain religious groups to cover themselves modestly during sport activities
b)Not inviting homosexual parent to school events or nursery setting
c)Having bicycles for older children only in the setting
d)Both c and d
e)All of the above

13.Prejudice means

a)Makin unfair judgment about group of people without knowing the facts
b)Not stereotyping people base on their culture, race, religion or ability
c)Making good judgments about people
d)Neither of the above
e)All of the above

14.What is direct discrimination

a)Direct discrimination happens when a person or a group of people are treated fairly
b)Direct discrimination happens when a person or a group of people are treated favourably
c)Direct discrimination happens when a person or a group of people are treated less favourably than others; it can be either deliberate or unintentional
d)Both a and b

15.Examples of direct discrimination are

a)Driving job was only open to male applicants
b)Paying men more than women for doing the same job
c)Coach driver refusing to take a disabled child on a school trip
d)All of them

16.What is indirect discrimination

a)Indirect discrimination occurs when a person or a group of people is disadvantaged more than another; it can be either deliberate or unintentional
b)Indirect discrimination happens when a person or a group of people are treated fairly
c)Indirect discrimination happens when a person or a group of people are treated favourably
d)Neither of them

17.Examples of indirect discrimination are

a)Seldom men are recruited as practitioners in childcare settings
b)Absence of ramps or disabled toilets for the disabled people
c)Failure to provide suitable resources to promote language development in children from a different culture /country
d)All of them