Exploring the influence of the curriculum on student learning in culturally and ethnically diverse classroom contexts: praxis, paradoxes and perspectives of stakeholders
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posted on 2023-05-20, 08:25 authored by Gurung, GB, David MoltowDavid Moltow, Peter BrettPeter BrettThis paper explores the perceptions and lived experiences of Nepalese educators and stakeholders in relation to the school curriculum and its influence upon student learning in a culturally and ethnically diverse classroom context. The study adopted a qualitative research design using face-to-face semistructured interviews and focus group discussions to gather the perceptions of students, teachers, school principals and curriculum experts from three different schools representing distinct and diverse Nepalese settings. The findings identified that there are six main factors that affect curriculum delivery in Nepal: a centralised education system; social, economic and cultural diversity; political instability; curriculum content; the involvement of curriculum development stakeholders; and teachers’ content and pedagogical knowledge and related attributes. These six factors all contribute to a significant influence on student learning.
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Publication title
Waikato Journal of EducationVolume
25Pagination
12-24ISSN
2382-0373Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
University of Waikato * School of EducationPlace of publication
New ZealandRights statement
Copyright 2019 the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)Repository Status
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