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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 Brett
This 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 Education

Volume

25

Pagination

12-24

ISSN

2382-0373

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

University of Waikato * School of Education

Place of publication

New Zealand

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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)

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  • Open

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Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified

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