Identity-Conscious Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum

Strategies and Activities for Inclusive Classrooms

Liza Talusan

• Publisher: Routledge
• Edition: 1
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Education
• Print ISBN:
  9781041328292
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040968604

When teachers and leaders implement an identity-conscious practice, they can provide a more responsive and responsible learning environment. But how do we engage in teaching, learning, and curriculum building through an identity-conscious lens?

Award-winning author Liza Talusan helps educators grapple with four key questions:

1. How does identity inform and impact my approach to teaching, learning, and curriculum?
2. How can I build a more identity-conscious teaching practice related to instruction, delivery, sequence, and engagement?
3. How can I implement a more identity-conscious classroom community focused on culturally sustaining learning, cultural practices, and asset-based learning models?
4. How can I build a more identity-conscious curriculum, scope, sequence, and source material to reflect my students' experiences?

Readers explore these questions by building knowledge on these topics, engaging in reflection about their practices, and establishing their own action plans for shaping a more inclusive and equitable environment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Support Material
• Meet the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• All in One Place
• Part I An Introduction to an Identity-Conscious Practice
• What Is an Identity-Conscious Practice?
• Why Identity Matters in Schools
• Identity Matters in School Environment
• The Deficit Lens and Identity
• Identity-Conscious Theories
• The Importance of Building an Identity-Conscious Practice
• Activities for Building an Identity-Conscious Practice
• Part II Identity-Conscious Teaching
• Introduction
• The Landscape of Teaching
• Teacher Preparation Programs and Identity Work
• Teaching While White
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
• Decolonizing Teaching Practices
• Teacher-Centered Practice
• Anti-Bias Teaching Frameworks
• Reflection and Emotionality of Teaching
• Activities for Identity-Conscious Teaching
• Part III Identity-Conscious Learning
• Introduction
• Theoretical Frameworks of Learning
• Culturally Responsive Learning
• Learning and Universal Design
• Effects of Stress and Anxiety on Learning
• Trauma-Informed Learning
• Activities for Identity-Conscious Learning
• Part IV Identity-Conscious Curriculum
• Introduction
• Theories Guiding Curriculum
• Identity-Based vs Identity-Conscious Curriculum
• The Role of Culturally Relevant Curriculum
• The Fight for Ethnic Studies and Its Outcomes
• Decolonizing Curriculum
• Curricular Violence
• Curricular Joy
• Power and Curriculum
• Activities for Identity-Conscious Curriculum
• Part V Bringing It All Together
• Challenges in Bringing It All Together
• Intersections of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
• Activities For Bringing It All Together
• Conclusion
• References