Practical Guide to
Equal Opportunities, 2nd Edition

By Hyacinth Malik
September 2003
Nelson-Thornes
ISBN: 0-7487-7079-8
168, illustrated
$37.50 paper original

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Completely revised throughout, the second edition of this valuable text provides the most up-to-date coverage of the issues of race, gender and disability in the child-care setting. Written by an experienced lecturer and practitioner it delivers everything students need on the concept of equality of opportunity.

Contents include: Introduction Acknowledgements, 1 An Introduction to Equal Opportunities, What are equal opportunities?, Equality Stereotyping, Prejudice, Discrimination, Harassment, 'The differences between us', The importance of equal opportunities, 2 Equal Rights Legislation, Sexual discrimination, Racial discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Equal pay provision, 3 Principles of Good Practice, The concept of equality, What is good practice?, Promoting equal opportunities, Legislation Policies and codes of practice, Staff development, Good practice in the early years environment, 4 Disability, Historical perspectives on disability, Models of Disability, Language Discrimination biases and stereotyping, Professional awareness, Special needs, Anti-discriminatory practice, 5 Gender, What is gender?, Sex stereotyping, Theories of gender role Development, Gender socialization, Anti-sexist practice, 6 Race, What is race?, What is racism?, Legislation Challenging racism in the early years environment, Anti-racist practices, Glossary of Key Terms, Further Reading, Index.

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