Culturally Based Inclusive Education for Equity and Sustainability

Abstract

This research discusses an inclusive education paradigm that integrates the values of cultural wisdom as the basis for the formation of an equal, equitable, and sustainable learning environment. Through a qualitative descriptive method with a literature study approach, this study analyzes various current literature published in the last five years and discusses the relationship between culturally responsive pedagogy, educational equity, and social inclusion in the context of modern learning. The results of the study show that inclusive education not only aims to open access to education for all students, but also emphasizes acceptance of social, cultural, economic, and individual abilities as a force in the learning process. The integration of cultural wisdom into learning has been proven to strengthen students' character, foster social empathy, and expand participation and collaboration in the school environment. Teachers and educational institutions play an important role in building an adaptive, reflective, and humanist approach to learning. Thus, inclusive education based on cultural wisdom becomes a strategic foundation in realizing an education system that is just, sustainable, and rooted in universal human and cultural values.