OPENNESS TO DIVERSITY

Skill developer:

Orange Hill (Poland)

Openness to diversity:

The acceptance of similarities and dissimilarities between the individuals or a group one belongs to. The ability to respond to the differentiated needs of individuals, no matter their personal, social, cultural, ethnic, religious circumstances.

Objectives:

• is able to accept similarities and dissimilarities between the individuals.
• is able to initiate and develop relationships with people of a different age, gender, cultural or educational background etc.
• is able to understand how people can differ in their way of thinking, their beliefs and values.
• is able to identify the values important to members of a diverse background.
• is able to demonstrate openness to new perspectives and diversity of others.
• is able to interact respectfully and appropriately with people with diverse backgrounds.
• is able to recognize and critically reflect upon one’s own biases (conscious and unconscious) in the relation to age, gender, disabilities, cultural background.

Criteria which are needed to show your skills and knowledge related to this soft skill:

Applicant/educator:

• accepts similarities and dissimilarities between the individuals
• is ready to initiate and develop relationships with people of a different age, gender, cultural background, educational background etc.
• understands how people can differ in their way of thinking, their beliefs and values
• identifies the values important to members of a diverse background
• demonstrates openness to new perspectives and diversity of others
• interacts respectfully and appropriately with people with diverse backgrounds
• recognizes and critically reflect upon one’s own biases (conscious and unconscious) in the relation to age, gender, disabilities, cultural background

How to improve this specific soft skill:

Listen to the SOSTRA podcast ( audio, 9:12 min)

or use other additional learning material listed here (when translating you may use national sources):

• Let’s Talk about Diversity and Inclusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9Oh3JtlJM
• How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace https://www.ted.com/talks/janet_stovall_how_to_get_serious_about_diversity_and_inclusion_in_the_workplace

Show your skills:

Link your evidence to the badge application form

• Save some videos (max. 30 min) related to your teaching or guiding sessions which show how you´re able to respond to the differentiated needs of individuals, no matter their personal, social, cultural, ethnic, religious circumstances (synchronous or asynchronous situations)
• Or write a reflective essay (max length 1-2 pages) where you describe specific situations in which you were forced to undertake special activities / intentionally react appropriately to respond to the differentiated needs of individuals, no matter their personal, social, cultural, ethnic, religious circumstances.
• Or if you think some other evidence is relevant for this skill, please add the documentation to the application form.

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Applications will not be graded and it is not possible to apply for badges after the piloting period has ended 1.5.2020.