Integrating Critical Pedagogy theory and practice: classroom experiences in Argentinean EFL teacher education

dc.creator	Zelmira Álvarez
dc.creator	Marcela Calvete
dc.creator	María Cristina Sarasa
dc.date	2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:59Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:59Z
dc.identifier	1989-9572
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d8507ab691b44ed4b0a32974194bb66b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15670
dc.description	Argentinean ESL teacher education presupposes an understanding of the past and present world role of English. Thus, the curriculum of the ESL Teacher Education Program at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata includes subjects dealing with historical, cultural, and social questions concerning English-cultures worldwide. This paper explains how some of these issues are addressed in activities carried out in the sophomore course Overall Communication. They involve critical and postcolonial analysis of the film Slumdog millionaire (2008) and the story “The free radio” (Rushdie, 1994). Activities aim at making student-teachers aware of their need to critically address concepts related to race, ethnicity, class, religion, education, and language to unveil the political, economic, and social issues underlying the teaching and learning of English. The choice of materials and authors also aims at listening to English-speaking voices other than those stemming from (former) imperial centers. Activities involve research and discussions of problematics such as oppression, exclusion, and illiteracy. This paper will analyze sample written productions by students working collaboratively among themselves and cooperatively with their teachers. In short, this is an experience that strives at showing how Critical Pedagogy can become a site for raising questions concerning power and EFL teaching and learning.
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	English
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.language	French
dc.publisher	Universidad de Granada
dc.relation	http://www.ugr.es/~jett/pdf/vol03_05_jett_alvarez_calvete_sarasa.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1989-9572
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers, Vol 3, Pp 60-71 (2012)
dc.subject	TEFL
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	Critical Pedagogy
dc.subject	discourse analysis
dc.subject	cultural awareness.
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Integrating Critical Pedagogy theory and practice: classroom experiences in Argentinean EFL teacher education
dc.type	article