Planning a Health and Physical Education Program with Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy

Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy (CRRP) is a dynamic framework for building positive environments, improving student responsibility and success, encouraging parent and/or caregiver school relationships, and building strong community connections.

Approaching the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum from a CRRP lens impacts the way educators think about how race, culture, identity, equity, and lived experiences and how it contributes to inclusive program planning and delivery in H&PE.

The purpose of this section is to provide educators:

  • the opportunity to encourage students to explore and reflect on their own thoughts without feeling pressured to follow those of their teacher;
  • tips for teaching health and physical education (H&PE) from an intersectional lens; and
  • strategies in their ongoing learning whereby cultural differences are recognized, embraced, and woven into the curricular and instructional approaches in H&PE.