{"id":26,"date":"2023-02-24T16:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:56:49","slug":"curriculum-and-classroom-climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/curriculum-and-classroom-climate-home\/curriculum-and-classroom-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Culturally Inclusive Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 1rem\">Within the Refreshed Curriculum Narrative, Curriculum is defined as \u201cthe totality\u00a0 of all that is planned for children and young people,\u2026 across [the] four contexts: Curriculum areas and subjects, Interdisciplinary learning, Opportunities for pe<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;font-size: 1rem\">rsonal achievement, and Ethos and life of the school as a community. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The National Discussion on Education 2023 also highlighted<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the importance of rights and understanding and respecting all forms of diversity should be integrated into the curriculum and curriculum-linked resources, for example understanding and appreciation of race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, poverty, and other protected characteristics. (6.3.12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ensuring that the curriculum reflects and responds to linguistic and cultural diversity. (6.3.13)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/binaries\/content\/documents\/govscot\/publications\/independent-report\/2023\/05\/learners-scotland-matter-national-discussion-education-final-report\/documents\/learners-scotland-matter-national-discussion-education-final-report\/learners-scotland-matter-national-discussion-education-final-report\/govscot%3Adocument\/learners-scotland-matter-national-discussion-education-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Learners in Scotland Matter: The National Discussion on Education,<\/a><br \/>\nMay 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27121143\/Component-of-inclusive-classroom-e1685965138837.png\" alt=\"Components of an Inclusive classroom. A four way venn diagram including: Positively interact with children; Actively discourage classroom incivilities; Encourage open, honest and respectful class discussion; Use inclusive language and appropriate modes of address.\" width=\"899\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27121143\/Component-of-inclusive-classroom-e1685965138837.png 899w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27121143\/Component-of-inclusive-classroom-e1685965138837-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27121143\/Component-of-inclusive-classroom-e1685965138837-768x581.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>We need to ensure:<\/p>\n<p>that all children and young people feel included and valued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">we normalise diversity to give every member of our community a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the breadth of the curriculum is responsive to the diverse needs of individual learners and reflects the uniqueness of learner\u2019s communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">we <strong>avoid one-off lessons\/events or \u2018celebrating difference\u2019<\/strong> so we do not unintentionally \u2018other\u2019 minority groups or reinforce stereotypes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the diversity of culture, identity and experience of Scotland today is reflected in the language, content and imagery used across the curriculum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">we positively represent people from all categories of each protected characteristic in our school resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the history, experience and achievements of people from all protected characteristics are recognised in the curriculum and that their positive contributions to society are recognised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">we increase confidence by recognising, exploring, respecting and valuing all cultures and heritages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">adapted from: <a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/media\/e1ykcihd\/promoting-and-developing-race-equality-and-anti-racist-education.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promoting and developing race equality and anti-racist education, Education Scotland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27120759\/decolonising-1-1024x410.png\" alt=\"Educators need to be proactive in ensuring prejudice, discrimination and unconscious bias are removed from the curriculum. In the context of race this is sometimes referred to as De-colonising the Curriculum for which many excellent resources are available. Links are provided here to use as inspiration and to inform your thinking across all protected characteristics.\" width=\"525\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27120759\/decolonising-1-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27120759\/decolonising-1-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27120759\/decolonising-1-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/02\/27120759\/decolonising-1.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-10\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"10\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Curriculum\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-231 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/equalities\/uploads\/sites\/13971\/2023\/03\/22135841\/Fife-Professional-Learning.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the Refreshed Curriculum Narrative, Curriculum is defined as \u201cthe totality\u00a0 of all that is planned for children and young people,\u2026 across [the] four contexts: Curriculum areas and subjects, Interdisciplinary learning, Opportunities for personal achievement, and Ethos and life of the school as a community. &#8220; The National Discussion on Education 2023 also highlighted the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/curriculum-and-classroom-climate-home\/curriculum-and-classroom-climate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Culturally Inclusive Classrooms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20806,"featured_media":0,"parent":673,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/727"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/equalities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}