equal oppurtunities case study?

[shaun underw]

I have to come up with a case study in a school setting as to why a child may not get treated as an equal and what we can do to sort this out any ideas would be appreciated?

[scafell]

He/she won't be treated as an equal if he/she is white in a school where the pupils are predominantly Muslim.

[saxy_jag]

Won't be treated equally if the majority of the kids in the school are 'good' kids who come from middle-class families with middle-class values, and they're working-class kids with working-class values.

[Octavius]

Mainstream schools should assume responsibility for all children. A tough one for schools is equal opportunities where a small minority of the schools pupil�s, or even class, may have disabilities that prevent them from being able to participate in certain activities. This can range from general learning difficulties to physical disabilities such as being confined to a wheelchair. Any situation where one child is different from the majority, issues of equal opportunities prevail. Should the child be integrated in to the school�s ethos or should the school work at inclusion?

Inclusion requires planning and forward thinking for schools through the provision of facilities/support functions, whereby integration moulds the pupil to �fit in�.