In August 2025, the TeachingEnglish Sub-Saharan Africa team ran a week-long online campaign within our regional groups to focus on Gender Responsive Pedagogy. The goal was to give teachers and teacher educators practical tips to create fairer, more equal learning spaces. By the end of the campaign, we collected reflections from members of the community sharing how they adopted these new strategies.
Insights from a teacher educator
Dr. Mohammed, a member of our regional TeachingEnglish Teacher Educator community from Nigeria, shared how adopting gender responsive pedagogy changed the way she mentors future teachers. She says that making a classroom fair starts with training teachers to challenge their own assumptions and habits.
'By adopting this approach, I aim to empower pre-service teachers to become more empathetic, inclusive and effective educators ultimately enhancing the learning experience for all students.' - Dr Mohammed
Practical steps for teachers
Dr. Woreta, a teacher from Ethiopia and member of our TeachingEnglish Teacher community of over 5,000 members shared how he used several practical teaching tips:
'I used several gender-responsive teaching tips in my lessons, such as recognizing different learning styles, using inclusive methods, and creating a welcoming classroom environment. These efforts helped me see how a gender-responsive approach can improve student participation and make learning more fair and supportive for everyone.' - Dr Woreta
As a recognition for his high engagement during the challenge, Dr. Woreta was consecutively recognised as the member of the month in August and September 2025 and was awarded a free place on the NILE professional development course Global Citizenship in Language Teaching.