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Purpose:

Student diversity is becoming the rule rather than the exception in education systems across the world. Students bring to the classroom different characteristics such as ability and disability, socio-economic background, race, ethnicity, cultural background, beliefs and religion, and gender characteristics. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all (United Nations, 2015). 

However, creating inclusive quality education for all remains a ubiquitous challenge faced by educators faced with increasing student diversity. And certain groups of students are more likely to experience barriers to access, participation and success in education.

During this course, you will:

• Develop a critical understanding of the concepts and assumptions about diversity and difference, including notions of ability and disability, socio-economic background, race, ethnicity, cultural background, beliefs and religion, and gender.
• Develop awareness of historical and contemporary definitions of inclusive education, taking into account policy, theories and models.
• Develop the ability to critically analyse contexts to identify barriers to developing inclusive and equitable quality education for all learners.
• Develop knowledge about ways to develop inclusive and equitable quality education for all learners, taking into account their diverse characteristics and needs.

Modules in the course:

1. Introduction to the Course and Conceptualising diversity in education
2. Responding to diversity in education
3. Experiencing diversity in education: barriers and facilitators 
4. Developing inclusive, equitable quality education for all

Expectations/ Requirements:

This is an asynchronous, self-paced course. The course will require approximately  17 hours of work, including watching videos, reading research-based articles, viewing presentations, engaging in online discussion forums, and submitting assignments. The total length of time to completion is  4 weeks.

More information:

Diversity and Inclusion in Education

Presented by:

Coursera