Developing Cultural Diversity in Teaching What is Cultural
Diversity? The phrase 'Cultural Diversity'means a range of
different societies or peoples with different origins, religions
and traditions all living and interacting together. To be
culturally diverse is to accept and celebrate difference. For
tutors that means finding a way of ‘bringing the world into
classroom’ to reflect the diversity of our community and to
enrich the learning experience of all our learners as well as
creating an inclusive learning environment. To help tutors
create more culturally diverse programmes we have put together
the following guidance with a down-loadable Cultural Diversity
resource 121kb for subject specific ideas. Re-examine your
teaching materials and planning, to identify where you can
incorporate a broader view of the world. - How outward looking
are you expecting your learners to be? Are you encouraging
learner autonomy? - Do you expect them to research, and explore
the subject outside the classroom? Are they depend