Understanding Equality Course

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Ability to participate in an online interactive e-learning course.

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The aim of the course is to familiarize the academic community with issues related to equal treatment. Participation in the e-course will enable PhD students and learners to gain knowledge, among others about what discrimination is and what its consequences are, look at your attitude towards gender equality, and finally - develop basic skills to respond to discrimination.

Understanding Equality Course is an interactive e-course that you can do by yourself.

During the course you will learn what discrimination is, how to recognize it and what to do when you are a witness or a victim.

The course consists of 4 modules:

1. Gender equality policy:

- the broader social context of gender equality,

- historical and social changes in the area of women’s higher education,

- basic terminology regarding gender equality policy,

- the definition of gender.

2. Equality barriers:

- how to identify individual and social barriers of gender equality,

- how our personal beliefs and convictions can affect our relations with others,

- the relationship between stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination.

3. Discrimination:

- different forms of discrimination,

- how to recognize discriminatory behaviour,

- the consequences of discrimination.

4. Responding to discrimination:

- various types of intervention and ways of responding to discrimination,

- responses to discrimination and anti-discrimination procedures are available at the University of Warsaw.

The course is available on the CKC Kampus platform for people who have enrolled in the course

After completing the course PhD students:

- can recognize discrimination, know its kinds,

- know the historical contexts of equality policies and the terminology related to equality,

- can recognize and diagnose barriers to equality in the individual and social dimension,

- know the concepts of stereotypes, prejudices and their impact on discrimination,

- can react to discrimination,

- know the paths of response to discrimination at the University of Warsaw,

- know ideas and vocabulary in English related to equality and antidiscrimination,

- can use the knowledge and vocabulary related to equality and antidiscrimination in English.

Completing the entire interactive course equals 5.

Lower grades represent the percentage of completion of the course. The lowest positive rating is 60% of the course.