Fairness, Equality and Equity
Understand what fairness means and why it matters — recognising that fair doesn't always mean equal (everyone getting the same) but can mean equitable (everyone getting what they need), and applying this understanding in group situations
Share and support
Teaching Table
Set out your lesson
Explain when the same support and fair access differ.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
Use imagined classroom arrangements, not information about real pupils’ accommodations. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Understand what fairness means and why it matters — recognising that fair doesn't always mean equal (everyone getting the same) but can mean equitable (everyone getting what they need), and applying this understanding in group situations
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
- partial: Explain the difference between treating everyone the same and treating everyone fairly
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
- partial: Give an example of a situation where equal treatment wouldn't be fair
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
- partial: Apply fairness thinking when sharing resources or making group decisions
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
- partial: If a child with a broken arm gets extra time to finish a task at school, can {{name}} explain why that's fair even though other children don't get extra time?
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
Scenario justification only; real accommodation decisions and group outcomes remain conditional.
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Learning resources
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Check understanding
- Explain the difference between treating everyone the same and treating everyone fairly
- Give an example of a situation where equal treatment wouldn't be fair
- Apply fairness thinking when sharing resources or making group decisions
“If a child with a broken arm gets extra time to finish a task at school, can your child explain why that's fair even though other children don't get extra time?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Empathy & Social Awareness
- Age range
- Ages 7–9
Standards