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Teaching with critical pedagogy in ELT: the problems of indoctrination and risk
- Source :
- Pedagogy, Culture & Society. 24:587-598
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- This research reports on the experiences of higher education English language teachers who teach as critical pedagogues. The aim was to discover the key challenges of critical pedagogy and how this practice is understood. Thirteen teachers from higher education institutions around the world were interviewed and all had a clear agenda for greater social justice. Eleven had to contend with the criticism that critical pedagogues indoctrinate students and they recognised that this was difficult to avoid in such a distinct ideological space. Teachers endeavoured to withhold their own political views from students while accepting a certain degree of risk not normally associated with teaching a language. For some teachers, the impact of exposing students to culturally challenging political ideas was not fully considered and in general, the long-term impact of its social and linguistic goals remains unknown and should be a goal for future research.
- Subjects :
- 060201 languages & linguistics
Cultural Studies
Higher education
business.industry
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Teaching method
05 social sciences
Indoctrination
050301 education
06 humanities and the arts
Critical pedagogy
Education
Critical theory
0602 languages and literature
Pedagogy
Criticism
Ideology
Sociology
business
0503 education
Qualitative research
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17475104 and 14681366
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pedagogy, Culture & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e51708d67687bde0d871872b3ad85d30