Culturally Responsive Curriculum
From Exclusion to Inclusion: My Journey Through Cultural Responsiveness I grew up in a multilingual region where traveling just one kilometer could mean encountering a different language. Nigeria, my home country, is a highly populated nation of over 2 billion people, and my early education was deeply influenced by its cultural norms. I was eager…
Growing up in Igbo culture as the Igbo daughter of an Ozo Titled-Man, storytelling was a fundamental part of my everyday learning. In Igbo, elders used folktales to teach especially morals, values and survival skills. However, when I entered formal education, my father being a traditional man noticed a total disconnect between our cultural knowledge…
Howe, Johnson, and Te Momo’s literture is a great inspiration to us as a learner and an educator when it comes to confronting multicultural environments. As time goes on, I find myself becoming less and less traditional, meaning I am willing to sacrifice the culture from where I grew up in order to trying out…
During the session on culturally responsive pedagogy, I reflected deeply on my experiences as both a student and an educator while engaging with the works of Howe, Johnson, and Te Momo (2021) and Joanne Brown’s insights. Brown’s discussion of the Circle of Courage emphasized the interconnectedness of knowledge, relationships, and learning. This made me reconsider…