{"id":213,"date":"2025-11-10T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/?post_type=chapter&p=213"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:33:51","slug":"cultural-appreciation-vs-appropriation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/cultural-appreciation-vs-appropriation\/","title":{"raw":"Self reflection on cultural humility","rendered":"Self reflection on cultural humility"},"content":{"raw":"

Naj Sumar<\/h4>\r\nThis resource provides a list of reflective questions<\/strong> designed to guide educators in responsibly incorporating contemplative practices into their teaching.\r\n\r\n \r\n

Why reflection?<\/h1>\r\nCultural humility (Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998) suggests that we cannot acquire expertise on other peoples' lives and accordingly their cultures. In this way, engaging with culture is seen as relational, continuous, and subjective. By challenging us to step outside of our comfort zone of objectivity and mastery, cultural humility is a path to openness and curiosity. For educators, this means being humble enough to accept that deeper preparation and thought is needed when bringing cultures that are not our own into the classroom.\r\n

How to work with questions<\/h1>\r\nThere are many proposed questions listed below for you to reflect on and embrace cultural humility. While it may feel overwhelming, these questions are simply a starting point. Think of questions as bridges \u2013 pathways to understanding, not interrogation tools. The intention is to gather your responses to begin scripting and structuring your use of contemplative practices in the classroom.\r\n\r\nThis tool will guide you in answering some self-reflective questions about your relationship to contemplative practices and how you intend to use them in the classroom. By the end of this activity, you will have the option of downloading this script to keep on hand and look to when considering including contemplative practices or a contemplative pedagogy in your classroom.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"5\"]\r\n
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