The curriculum strives to provide gender balanced content, activities and teaching strategies described in inclusionary language. These actions will assist teachers to create an environment free of bias and enable both female and male students to share in all experiences and opportunities which develop their abilities and talents to the fullest. Cultural representation in all aspects of the school environment empowers children with a positive group identity. This awareness of one's own culture and the cultures of others develops self-concept, enhances learning, promotes an appreciation of Canada's pluralistic society and supports universal human rights. Educators need cross-cultural education to develop these understandings.
Responsive adaptations are necessary to all curricula for effective implementation.
Curricula and materials include historical and contemporary issues. Teachers have a responsibility to evaluate all resources for bias and to teach students to recognize such bias. Resource-based instruction is an approach to curriculum which involves students, with all types of resources. Some possible resources are books, magazines, films, audio and video tapes, computer software and data bases, manipulative objects, commercial games, maps, community resources, museums, field trips, pictures and study prints, real objects and artifacts, and media production equipment. It offers students opportunities to choose, to explore, and to discover.