SOCIAL MOBILITY

IDS Mobility 社会流动性 (Term 2 Week 8)

pre-workshop activities

Part One (10 minutes):

Watch this video on the Privilege Walk. You may read about it here too.

After you have watched the video/read the write-up, discuss the following questions with your group members.

What are your thoughts after watching the video?
What do you think are the main causes of social inequality? (Think of 3 – 5 factors that apply both locally and globally.)

Share your thoughts with your IDS group mates. Record your responses to the three questions in the following padlet.

Complete your responses on the padlet before you continue with the other readings.

Part Two (25 minutes):

Read the following articles on social inequality and social mobility. You may assign an article to one group member and share the key points of the article with your group.

Part Three (5 minutes):

Jot down 3 things you found interesting/surprising/which challenged your perceptions and say why. Upload your responses through padlet:

Part Four (15 minutes):

If you were designing a Privilege Walk for a cross-section of teenagers in Singapore, list 6 – 10 questions you would ask, with the focus on the factors linked to social inequality in Singapore. Upload your questions through padlet:

workshop

Part One:

1. Students will learn about social mobility.

2. Reflect on what you have listened to:

Does what I have just heard relate to what I discussed when reading about/ doing the Privilege Walk

Refer to your responses on Padlet

Have any issues you thought about while you were reading about the Privilege Walk been raised in the lecture?

Part Two:

Break into your IDS groups

You can choose to look either at the issue of gender or education.

Read the articles on the selected issue and answer the questions given below it on the Padlet.

Option A: Education

Reading Articles:

Questions:

1. What issues/ problems can you identify that lead to difficulties in social mobility concerning education?

2. Are there particular groups of people that you feel may be more adversely affected by this?

3. What may be the impact/ implications on different groups of people of what you have identified?

Option B: Gender

Reading Articles:

Questions:

1. What issues/ problems can you identify that lead to difficulties in social mobility concerning gender?

2. Are there particular groups of people that you feel may be more adversely affected by this?

3. What may be the impact/ implications on different groups of people of what you have identified?

post-workshop activities

Instructions:

Post your discussion for Part One and Two onto the Padlet.

Post your reflection for Part Three on your journal.

Part One (30 mins):

From what you have read on either gender or education, what steps can be taken and by who (eg family, government, society etc) to address the issue of inequality/promote social mobility?

Include at least one reference to Singapore.

Part Two (15 mins):

Give at least two suggestions/recommendations.

· State the topic (Gender or Education)

· State the agency (eg government), the recommended action and the rationale/reasons for this recommendation

Part Three (10 mins):

Reflect on your learning from this module on Social Mobility.

1. What three things have you learnt/found out that you did not know before?

2. Besides gender and education, what do you feel are some other factors that lead to social inequality? Why?

MOBILITY

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