Learning from Diversity: module overview

Explore the many ways in which people differ, and what becomes possible when you engage with difference instead of avoiding it.

We all grow up with a sense of what is normal: how people live, eat, worship, earn, love and speak. Much of that "normal" is simply the habit of the place and the group we come from.

In this module, hosted by Neha from India, you look at how varied the human family really is: where people live, how wealth is shared, and differences of gender, age, faith and culture. Then you ask yourself how willing you are to learn from people whose lives are unlike your own.

In this module you will

• Reflect on your own experience of diversity, and where you feel at ease or challenged.
• See the global picture of where the world's people live and how unevenly wealth is shared.
• Recognise how your own idea of "normal" shapes the way you see other people.
• Commit to one way of engaging more with difference.

The eight steps and your worksheets

1. Steps 1–2

   • 1. Your initial thoughts
   • 2. Hear what others think

   Your first thoughts · Allow 10–15 minutes

2. Steps 3–5

   • 3. Challenge your thinking
   • 4. Your reaction
   • 5. Explore the reactions of others

   Reacting to the film · Allow 15–20 minutes, plus the film

3. Steps 6–8

   • 6. Your AHA moment
   • 7. Hear the AHA of others
   • 8. Let's do something!

   Your AHA moment and commitment · Allow 10–15 minutes

Go further: suggested activities

• Your diversity map (20 minutes)
• Where are you from, really? (15 minutes)
• One conversation (30 minutes)

Watch the videos on the Module 2 page →