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Week 15: How is diversity and inclusion good for all students?
In 2020, the Hartford School District adopted an Anti Racism Policy (At a Glance). This commitment to anti-racism would seemingly benefit those most marginalized. But how is diversity and inclusion good for all students? Inclusion and Education: #AllmeansALL from UNESCO provides an overview of how an inclusive education can affect all children.
“In contrast to the view that addressing topics such as privilege and systemic inequity is harmful, research shows that experience with these issues leads to positive changes in students’ attitudes and values (Gurin et al., 2002).”
Diversity Improves Cognitive Skills and Critical Thinking
By presenting students with viewpoints far different from their own, it gives them the opportunity to think critically about their own beliefs and examine the world in fresh ways.
Exposure to Diversity Helps Students Enter Adulthood
When students enter the professional world, they join a vast and diverse workforce. Interacting with people of all different backgrounds and mindsets can present a challenge without prior exposure to diversity, especially at a younger age.
Diversity Prepares Students for Citizenship
The more involved citizens are with their government and political landscape, the more educated they become about government processes, and the more informed decisions they can make about how they are governed.
Diversity Promotes Creativity
At its core, creativity is all about bringing together different ideas and transforming them to make something new, unique, and personal. The more ideas and experiences people are exposed to, the more creative they can be.
Resources:
https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/benefits-of-inclusion-and-diversity-in-the-classroom/
