-- incorporating a range of diverse cultural knowledge, experiences and perspectives
across the curriculum (including indigenous and gender sensitive perspectives);
-- celebrating, valuing and learning about the histories and lives of diverse cultures andindigenous peoples, languages, faiths, achievements, and issues past and present,
including through the stories and perspectives of those cultures;
-- valuing and including in the learning the cultural and linguistic knowledge, experiencesand skills of diverse learners, either in the class or in the community, visiting culturallysignificant places if possible; and
-- enabling learners to recognize, acknowledge and engage in positive, diverse, cultural
learning experiences wherever possible.
Educational institutions and educators also need to ensure that all education is historically
accurate, unbiased, culturally appropriate, and culturally and gender sensitive, and that
content is not inadvertently offensive to some cultures or faiths. This may employ a range
of strategies such as the use of:
-- culturally and gender sensitive language;
-- relevant and effective, culturally appropriate methods of teaching;
-- learning strategies that acknowledge and accommodate the diverse learning styles of
all learners;
-- culturally appropriate strategies for diverse learners, especially for indigenous learners
who learn in different ways; and
-- using textbooks and resources that are historically accurate, gender and culturally
sensitive and appropriate, and which foster positive attitudes and understanding
towards others.