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New Hate Crime and Prejudice-based Behaviours Professional Learning
Two new professional learning resources designed to help educators and partners better understand and respond to hate crime and prejudice based behaviours. Understanding and responding to hate crime and prejudice based behaviours is crucial for creating a fair, safe, supportive, and healthy environments for all children and young people.
These resources have been developed in partnership with YouthLink Scotland, respectme (Scotland’s anti-bullying service), the Scottish Government’s Hate Crime Strategic Partnership Group, and Education Scotland.
Access the informed level resource here: Informed level | Inclusion, wellbeing and equalities framework | Leading professional learning | Professional Learning | Education Scotland
Access the skilled level resource here: Skilled level | Inclusion, wellbeing and equalities framework | Leading professional learning | Professional Learning | Education Scotland
New Interim Guidance on Addressing Racism and Racist Incidents in Schools
The guidance has been developed by the Scottish Government in collaboration with the Racism and Racist Incidents Subgroup of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme as part of the forthcoming whole-school approach to addressing racism and racist incidents.
This guidance aims to support schools in developing clear, consistent approaches to responding to, recording, and monitoring racist incidents experienced or displayed by children and young people.
Access the guidance here: Schools – addressing racism and racist incidents: guidance – gov.scot
Tools and strategies for schools to counter the effects of online hate
Children and young people are increasingly exposed to online hate and disinformation. ‘Digital Discourse Initiative’ provides teachers and educators in Scotland with tools to counter the effects of this and teach core critical and digital media literacy skills.
This is an international collaborative project developed by TIE and ISD, respective experts in anti-prejudice education and counter-extremism strategies.
A bespoke professional learning course is now available for school teachers and education staff in Scotland. Classroom resources and research reports are included.
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