Culture, Language and Curriculum Design

Hosted by international guest Jillian Mendoza, this interactive webinar explores the vital intersection of culture, language, and curriculum, and what it means for how we design and write curriculum that reflects and supports the identities of all learners. Drawing from ideas about linguistic and cultural assets in teaching, this session covers how to center students' funds of knowledge in instructional materials.

• Explore key intersections between language, culture, and learning: We’ll unpack how students’ cultural and linguistic practices influence the ways they make meaning in school subjects, from storytelling and reasoning to communication and problem-solving.

• Understand research-based frameworks for curriculum development: Gain insight into frameworks that support high-level curriculum design, including approaches that draw on students’ funds of knowledge, translanguaging practices, and research-supported culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP).

• Get concrete tools you can use now: Walk away with practical resources, including a design checklist for multilingual learners and criteria for embedding cultural and linguistic responsiveness across subject areas. These tools support curriculum writers to evaluate materials, articulate language expectations, and ensure curriculum decisions honor students’ lived experiences and cultural identities.

• Discuss implications for identity and access: Through examples and reflection, we’ll consider how classroom spaces and written curriculum communicate whose language counts, whose knowledge is visible, and what it means for students to be seen as learners within the Australian context and beyond.

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Online event is held via Google Meet. Access link will be delivered via email prior to the event.

Refunds are available up to 30 days prior to the event