This phenomenological study examines teacher perceptions of diversity, specifically the relationship between perceptions derived from teachers' lived experiences, and the impact of these in shaping their decision-making when creating and designing curriculum. It is a qualitative study conducted utilizing the interview technique, framed by Bourdieu's Social Field Theory as applied to educational studies. Participants were core curriculum teachers from a junior high school setting in a

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... community. Findings indicated that there was a connection between lived experience and decision-making, as well as other factors that contributed to this phenomenon, and a key finding was the importance of establishing common ground between diverse groups.