Culturally responsive teaching

Explore strategies to manage divergent cultural views and practices within a framework of respect.

The resources on this page are designed to help you understand your own values and teach students with divergent views and experiences.

  • What do I do as a teacher when I encounter students’ values that are different to mine?
  • How do I work with beliefs that are out of sync with what is in the curriculum?
  • What is the role of a teacher in working with these challenges?
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Working with cultural differences requires sensitivity

We recommend you review our slide presentation to prepare for this topic. The slides are designed to help you to:

  • understand how your own culture influences what and how you teach
  • identify elements of curriculum that may raise values-based issues
  • identify the possible tensions that young people of non-mainstream cultures may face in delivery of RRE curriculum
  • view research about healthy masculinities
  • identify teaching strategies that create a safe and respectful classroom.
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