Welcome to the 242nd episode of the award-winning Diverse Minds podcast. This month’s podcast series is all about decolonisation. Today I am talking about decolonising the curriculum.
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In today’s show on Decolonising the Curriculum
- Definition of the curriculum. [01:34]
- Why diversifying is part of decolonisation. [02:56]
- How Decolonisation is integral to an inclusive curriculum. [04:20]
- The impact of white curricula [07:16]
- What can be done about decolonisation. [10:47]
Quotes on Decolonising the Curriculum
- In some sense, decolonisation is flipping things on the head.
- Decolonisation is integral to an inclusive curriculum.
- It isn’t about deleting existing knowledge or history, but unpicking the truth of it.
- Decolonisation is about embracing knowledge systems and how they need to change.
- Please give credit where credit is due.
Resources on Decolonising the Curriculum
- Episode #233 What are white Dominant Norms?
- Episode #234 Identifying white Dominant Norms
- Episode #235 Identifying white Dominant Norms
- Decolonising SOAS’s Learning and Teaching Toolkit
- 8 Reasons the Curriculum is White
- Tokenism in teaching: why is my curriculum white?
- Liverpool University’s Decolonising the Curriculum
- Manchester Met’s Decolonising the curriculum toolkit
- Article NAS.org Decolonizing the Curriculum
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- Check out my TEDx talk: The Connection between Culture, Race and Mental Health
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