Culturally responsive pedagogy is teaching that connects a student’s social, cultural, family, or language background to what the student is learning; nurtures that cultural uniqueness; and responds by creating conditions in which the student’s learning is enhanced.

Implement a culturally responsive pedagogy in order to:

• develop curriculum and resources so that each student can relate their learning to their life experiences and cultural backgrounds

• provide students with instruction and assessment based on a culturally responsive pedagogy

• promote common instructional strategies in minority-language pedagogy and support research in the area of minority-language pedagogy and literacy learning and achievement

CRP Connect Series

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s EAL and FAL strategy takes a proactive approach to address the well-being and achievement needs of additional language learners that incorporates their strengths and challenges.

The strategy recognizes the linguistic and cultural diversity of learners:

• increased immigration, particularly in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) but also in rural areas

• newcomers of refugee or war-affected origins

• newcomers with interrupted schooling

English as an Additional Language (EAL) & French as an Additional Language (FAL) Strategy Framework