Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP)

Culturally Responsive Practices is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning (Ladson-Billings, 1994). 

Research shows that culturally responsive teaching uses “the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant and effective for them” (Gay, 2013). 

For example, using cultural:

• characteristics
• experiences
• perspectives of ethnically diverse students