Abstract

This interactive 45-minute workshop explores practical approaches to decolonising the curriculum, using the Decolonising the Curriculum practical toolkit as a central resource. Grounded in the facilitator’s current research in decoloniality, the session begins with a brief introduction to key concepts and theoretical underpinnings. Participants will then be guided through a series of examples illustrating how the toolkit can be applied to curriculum content and teaching materials across disciplines.

The session will model practical strategies for using the toolkit, including activities focused on critically analysing the use of images, the selection of readings and literature, and recognising embedded privilege within educational content. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own practice, engage in discussion, and consider how decolonial approaches can be adapted to their subject areas and institutional contexts. The workshop offers a structured but flexible space for experimentation, dialogue, and takeaway actions.

Opting for a workshop format rather than a presentation is underpinned by the theoretical foundations of decoloniality, which resist hierarchical, didactic forms of knowledge transmission. Decolonial pedagogy values co-construction of knowledge, dialogic learning, and relationality—principles that align with interactive, participatory formats. Research in critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970; Andreotti, 2011) and decolonising methodologies (Tuhiwai-Smith, 2021) supports the need for reflexive, practice-oriented engagement. A workshop enables participants not only to access theoretical insights but to enact and embody them through applied learning, making the session more transformative and contextually relevant.