Principles of Equality: Managing Equality and Diversity in a Steiner School

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Attfield, Robin
Attfield, Kate
Date
2019-06-07Acceptance date
2019-05-08
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Book chapter
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Intech Open
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Principles of equality are examined in the context of managing equality and diversity in practice. Our case study is the Cardiff Steiner School, an independent international school located in Wales, UK with educational values guided by the philosophers and educationalists Rudolf Steiner and Millicent Mackenzie. The sustainable management referred to and assessed in this chapter is the School’s management structure and the related School pedagogical operation, with the founding Steiner value of human justice informing these. We argue that at this School the management of equality and diversity reflects theories of Diversity and Equality Management, with School managers aspiring to encourage respect for all. We appraise the philosophical and spiritual values of the founders in relation to equality and diversity, in order to demonstrate the visionary ideals of these philosophers and the extent to which their beliefs live on sustainably in contemporary society, and particularly in a Steiner education community.
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Attfield, R. and Attfield, K. (2019) 'Principles of Equality: Managing Equality and Diversity in a Steiner School' [Online First]. IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.86748. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/principles-of-equality-managing-equality-and-diversity-in-a-steiner-school.
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Online book chapter published on 07 June 2019, available open access at: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/principles-of-equality-managing-equality-and-diversity-in-a-steiner-school.
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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