Teachers as Agents of Change

2022 ◽  
pp. 85-107
Author(s):  
Laura Loder Buechel

Public school teachers in Switzerland often feel bound by decisions made by ministries of education as to materials used in the classroom. In teacher training, teachers are often taught superficially about reflective practices, equity, and equality, but in their training to teach English as a Foreign Language (EFL), the focus is too often on the mechanical aspects of foreign language teaching and the examples provided are often not provocative enough to allow for an anti-bias stance to education. Yet this stance is a tenet of most national curricula and is to precede subject-specific curricular aims. Therefore, neither teachers nor materials should shy away from or banalize topics around civil rights and social change. This chapter provides examples of how the dispositions for culturally responsive pedagogy scale and teaching tolerance social justice scales can be used in teacher training for analyzing and planning out lessons. Examples from lessons on the Black Lives Matter movement and general suggestions act as springboards for rethinking and unpacking EFL teaching.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 1435-1439

While there is a growing body of researches on culturally responsive curriculum, nonetheless, the efficacy of culturally responsive curriculum courses for prospective teacher in preparing these soon-to-be teachers to teach culturally responsive have not been examined thoroughly especially from the perspectives of these teachers. This study was undertaken to fill these gaps and to improve understandings of culturally responsive curriculum. Furthermore, it is hoped that the outcomes of this study could potentially help teacher training programs to understand their effectiveness in training teachers for implementing culturally responsive pedagogy and further improve their programs


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Kenta Nagasawa

Purpose: This paper is a thematic literature review to examine the current state of research about Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in mathematics. The main themes are students’ perception, teacher education for pre-service teacher and professional development for teachers. Research methods/ approach: Literature was collected from Eric, which is a research engine of the education field. Also, Google Scholar is used to find articles of major scholars introduced by Dr. Rich Milner, who is the instructor of this course. Findings: Students faced microaggressions in mathematics class, which discouraged them to learn mathematics. The effect of teacher education was inconsistent in terms of the awareness of culturally responsive pedagogy and lesson plans. Research of professional development mentioned that mathematics was cultural. Implications for research and practice: It is more interesting to conduct long term or follow-up research to find the teacher’s practice after a taking professional development program. Also, it is critical to expand research scope besides African American and Latino students. Finally, evidence-based research is needed to change the political situation. Keywords: culturally responsive teaching, mathematics, teacher education, professional development, student’s perception


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerrard Mugford

Abstract This paper examines the professional context of teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), whose first language is not English but who are required to help learners adhere to target-language (TL) politeness norms and practices. Many of these teachers have had little or no contact with TL countries/cultures and have limited professional training in this area. This paper highlights the specific context of 39 Mexican EFL teachers who reflected on their understandings and “teaching” of politeness. I argue that by employing existing resources and knowledge and with further training, bilingual teachers can be helped to take “possession” of politeness rather than having to unquestioningly teach appropriate, socially-accepted, socially-expected usage.


Author(s):  
Cristina Gavagnin

This paper describes language teachers’ training in Austria where, following a 2013 law, in 2016-17 a new initial training system was implemented nationwide. The paper then focuses on the training of Italian teachers in Carinthia, where the new training system was first tested. In this region, cornered between Latin, German and Slav Europe, Italian is, notably, the second most studied foreign language after English. Finally, Austria’s old and new initial teacher trainings are compared, and particular attention is paid to the structure of the apprenticeship programs and to the way the guidelines set out in the EPOSTL and the EPLTE, the two EU documents on teacher training, are implemented.


2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Hetty Roessingh

Culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) which provides a general framework for working with culturally and linguistically diverse learners has become the reality in the contemporary elementary classroom in Canada and around the world. This theory-to-practice article presents five research-based teaching practices which make a tangible impact on students’ academic vocabulary learning, their academic literacy, and longitudinal educational success. The author illustrates how this vocabulary can be identified, clustered, and contextualized within the frame of a thematic unit. The reader is invited to a classroom in Quebec via a video clip of a dual-language book project that illustrates how principles and practices of CRP can be applied in an FSL setting. La pédagogie sensible à la culture, fournissant un cadre de travail général quand on travaille avec des apprenants de cultures et de langues diverses, est devenue une réalité dans la salle de classe élémentaire contemporaine au Canada et dans le monde entier. Le présent article, de mise en pratique de la théorie, présente cinq pratiques d’enseignement fondées sur la recherche qui ont un impact tangible sur l’apprentissage du vocabulaire scolaire des élèves, sur leur littératie scolaire et sur leur réussite scolaire à long terme. L’auteur illustre comment on peut identifier ce vocabulaire, le regrouper et le contextualiser dans le cadre d’une unité thématique. Le lecteur est invité dans une salle de classe au Québec grâce à un clip vidéo qui montre un projet de lecture bilingue illustrant comment les principes et les pratiques de la pédagogie qui prend en compte les réalités culturelles peuvent être appliqués dans un contexte de français langue seconde.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Luciana Duarte Baraldi

RESUMO: Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma experiência de intervenção em situação de trabalho docente baseada no método de instrução ao sósia, elaborado por Ivar Oddone – médico, psicólogo e militante político italiano que figurou como um dos líderes do Modelo Operário Italiano (MOI) de luta para a saúde do trabalhador nos locais de trabalho – e seu grupo (1981, 1986) no contexto de formação continuada dos trabalhadores da Fiat nos anos 1970, tendo inspirado empreendimentos no campo da saúde do trabalhador no Brasil a partir da década de 1980. Esse método foi reinterpretado por Clot na Clínica da Atividade (1999, 2001, 2006, 2017) com o intento de produzir conhecimentos para a ação e promover transformações em outros contextos laborais. A intervenção foi realizada com duas docentes de língua italiana do Circolo Italiano San Paolo e, posteriormente, transformada em uma pesquisa exploratória (GIL, 2008). Nossa proposta é comentar os referenciais teóricos, descrever o contexto de intervenção e as etapas a partir das quais os dados coletados foram analisados à luz das teorias que fundamentam a pesquisa derivada da intervenção e, por fim, apresentar as conclusões acerca da importância da instrução ao sósia, no referido contexto, para a formação de um coletivo e a ampliação do poder de agir (CLOT, 2010) das docentes.Palavras-chave: Instrução ao sósia. Intervenção. Trabalho docente. Formação de professores. Italiano como língua estrangeira. ABSTRACT: Questo articolo si propone di presentare un’esperienza di intervento in una situazione lavorativa didattica basata sul metodo di istruzioni al sosia, elaborata da Ivar Oddone – medico, psicologo e attivista politico italiano che figurava come uno dei leader del Modello Operativo Italiano (MOI) di lotta per la salute dei lavoratori sul luogo di lavoro – e il suo gruppo (1981, 1986) nell’ambito della formazione continua per i lavoratori Fiat negli anni '70, avendo ispirato iniziative nel campo della salute dei lavoratori in Brasile sin dagli anni '80. Questo metodo è stato reinterpretato da Clot presso la Clinica dell’Attività (1999, 2001, 2006, 2017) con l’intenzione di produrre conoscenza per l'azione e promuovere cambiamenti in altri contesti di lavoro. L’intervento è stato realizzato con due insegnanti di lingua italiana del Circolo Italiano San Paolo e, successivamente, si è trasformato in una ricerca esplorativa (GIL, 2008). La nostra proposta è di commentare il quadro teorico, descrivere il contesto dell’intervento e le fasi a partire dalle quali sono stati analizzati i dati raccolti alla luce delle teorie che stanno alla base della ricerca derivata dall’intervento e, infine, presentare le conclusioni sull’importanza delle istruzioni al sosia, nel contesto della ricerca, per la formazione di un collettivo e l’espansione del potere di azione (CLOT, 2010) delle docenti.Parole chiavi: Istruzioni al sosia. Intervento. Lavoro docente. Formazione di insegnanti. Italiano lingua straniera. ABSTRACT: This article aims to present an intervention experience in a teaching work situation based on the method of instruction to the double, elaborated by Ivar Oddone – doctor, psychologist and Italian political activist who figured as one of the leaders of the Italian Operative Model (IOM) of struggle for worker's health in the workplace – and his group (1981, 1986) in the context of continuing training for Fiat workers in the 1970s, having inspired ventures in the field of worker health in Brazil since the 1980s. This method was reinterpreted by Clot at Clinic of Activity (1999, 2001, 2006, 2017) with the intention of producing knowledge for action and promoting changes in other work contexts. The intervention was carried out with two Italian language Italian teachers from the Circolo Italiano San Paolo and, later, transformed into an exploratory research (GIL, 2008). Our proposal is to comment on the theoretical frameworks, describe the context of intervention and the steps from which the data collected were analyzed in the light of the theories that underlie the research derived from the intervention and, finally, present the conclusions about the importance of instruction to the double, in that context, for the formation of a collective and the expansion of the power of action (CLOT, 2010) of teachers.Keywords: Instruction to the double. Intervention. Teaching work. Teacher training. Italian as a foreign language.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Ester J. De Jong

English as an Additional Language (EAL) students are increasingly taught by non-specialist, mainstream teachers. This trend calls for a reconceptualization of teacher education to explicitly and purposefully include linguistically and culturally responsive pedagogy in their curriculum. In the United States, several frameworks have been proposed to address this need, although much still needs to be learned about actual practice in preservice teacher preparation programs. In this article, I caution against the monolingual bias in preservice teacher preparation and argue for the mandate for developing a multilingual stance for all teachers of EAL students.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 242
Author(s):  
Debra Mayes Pane

<p>This study explored a contemporary counternarrative of Drama Club, a transformative culture of teaching and learning for disenfranchised Black youth who had been systematically funneled out of classrooms and into the school-to-prison pipeline.  Auto/biographical and auto/ethnographical data were collected and assembled as a metaphor of the teachers’ and students’ experiences in Drama Club and their understanding of the teaching and learning process and of themselves within it.  The collective story of Drama Club was analyzed through the lens of culturally responsive pedagogy theory and critical race theory in education.  Implications for future research and teacher education that set out to impact disenfranchised students are included.</p>


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