Virtually Teachers

Episode 7-How can we help to decolonise the curriculum?

June 20, 2020 David Hibbert, Rachel Lewin, Chloe Bateman, Simon Davies, Jacob Keet
Virtually Teachers
Episode 7-How can we help to decolonise the curriculum?
Show Notes

0.00-1.20: introduction to the episode and to our guest Zaiba Patel

1.20-20.39: What can individual teachers do to address racism?

20.40-42.38: How can we avoid destructive silences in our curricula?

42.39-1.01.17: What needs to happen on a wider/systemic level for the moment to lead to meaningful change?

1.02-20-Lockdown recommendations

Zaiba:  Natives by Afua Hirsch

Rachel: Sugar and Blood by Andrea Stuart

Simon: Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (film on Netflix)

Jacob: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

David: The Good Fight on Amazon Prime 


We also referred to a number of resources this week and many of them can be found at the links below:

EqualiTeach: https://equaliteach.co.uk/

Arthur Chapman's presentation on Public Understanding of the Past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3z9voyvCU

Justice to History podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-461660784/j2h-podcast-1-anti-racism-and-the-history-classroom-the-challenges-for-knowledge-and-pedagogy-in-2020

Resources on teaching African history: https://africankingdoms.co.uk/