Learner-Centred & Inclusive Teaching

Lesson 6 of 7 · 5 min · 8-card deck

Culturally responsive teaching

Curriculum, examples and language that include every pupil in the room.

A culturally responsive classroom is one where every pupil sees themselves reflected — in the curriculum, in the examples, in the texts, in the people on the wall — and where every pupil's background is treated as an asset, not a deficit to be overcome.

Audit your curriculum and examples. Whose stories are told? Whose are missing? Are non-European mathematicians, scientists and writers visible? Are family structures, names and traditions reflected in the examples you use? Small changes — the names in maths word problems, the texts on the reading list, the historical figures studied — communicate a great deal.

Active recall flashcards

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Practice scenario

A primary teacher reviewing her maths word problems notices that 19 of 20 use traditionally English names. She rewrites them to reflect her actual class — Aisha, Adaeze, Mohammed, Chloe, Wei, Olek. Pupils notice immediately.

Try this in your classroom

  • Audit your curriculum and examples for representation.
  • Use diverse names and contexts in problem sets and texts.
  • Never ask a pupil to speak for their identity group.
  • Learn and correctly pronounce every pupil's name.
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