Iranian EFL Teachers’ Voices on the Pedagogy of Word and World

Abstract: Critical pedagogy (CP) with the eventual aim of creating changes in society towards the socially just world rests upon the premise that language learning is understood as a sociopolitical event. Schools and classrooms are not merely seen as the neutral and apolitical sites or oxymoron of transmitting taken-for-granted knowledge and common sense to students but rather as the political and democratic sites in which teachers, through praxis-oriented activities, furnish opportunities for students to critically question oppressive systems, hierarchies, and sociopolitical inequalities. Through the connection of word to the world, or the relationship between classroom learning and students’ lived experiences and worlds, teachers can create social transformation and empowerment in the marginalized students’ lives. However, teachers as the transformative intellectuals can facilitate this transformative process only if they are equipped with the critical theories, theoretical underpinni.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/766

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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Iranian EFL Teachers’ Voices on the Pedagogy of Word and World ; volume:14 ; number:4 ; day:26 ; month:02 ; year:2016
Journal of social science education ; 14, Heft 4 (26.02.2016)

Creator
Safari, Parvin
Rashidi, Nasser

DOI
10.4119/jsse-766
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011816154876796197
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