Decolonising the Curriculum Within a Block Teaching Structure: A Beginning

Patel, Hetal (2021) Decolonising the Curriculum Within a Block Teaching Structure: A Beginning. Learning and Teaching in Action [Special issue], 14 (1). pp. 9-17.

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Abstract

The murder of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25th 2020 sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. The protests focused on race and racism and highlighted structural inequalities that are faced by people racialized as Black. As a British South Asian woman, the murder of George Floyd had a profound effect on me both personally and professionally. As a lecturer within a UK Higher Education institution, although I was aware of the decolonising agenda and was involved in relevant initiatives, the momentum of the BLM protests sparked a long time coming urgent progression of this agenda from the periphery into the mainstream. This paper highlights the first steps in my journey towards decolonising my curriculum.