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Language Classroom Content & Pedagogy College & University Education Practice-Oriented Long Workshop

Raising Awareness of Social Issues and Culture in ELT via Critical Pedagogy

Sun, Nov 14, 11:25-12:25 Asia/Tokyo

Location: Room 17

This workshop aims to provide ideas for addressing social issues and culture in the ELT classroom via critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970; Giroux, 2005). Initially, attendee approaches toward tackling social issues and culture will be explored. Thereafter, audience understandings of critical pedagogy will be examined before it and its relevance are defined. Subsequently, attendees will experience addressing example social issues and culture via critical pedagogy before concluding with the advantages and risks of using this approach.

  • Stuart Warrington

    Stuart Warrington, Ed.D., is a professor in the Department of English Studies at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business. His research interests specifically lie in professionalism and professional development in ELT, critical and anarchist pedagogies in ELT, and self-access.

  • Jr Koch

    Jr Koch is a lecturer at Sapporo Gakuin University, and a PhD candidate at Hokkaido University, Japan. His research activities and interests include specific learning difficulties, inclusive education, approaches to cultural and social issues in education, and neurodiversity.

1. In support of our presentation and further research on this topic, we are conducting a very short, mixed-method survey on English language teachers' thoughts and feelings on addressing social and cultural issues in the English language classroom. If you are interested, please click the link below:

https://forms.gle/fAB3pzj4aTfjB4DS7


2.  Overview of our Presentation

i. Attendee Views & Approaches on Addressing Social & Cultural Issues in the English language classroom (Breakout Rooms)

ii. Elicitation of Attendee Perspectives

iii. Issue 1  (Breakout Rooms)

iv. Issue 2 (Breakout Rooms)

v. Attendee Understandings, a Definition and the Relevance of Critical Pedagogy

vi. Issues 1 & 2 Revisited – Applying Critical Pedagogy (Breakout Rooms)

vii. Debrief on Issue 1 & 2 from a Critical Pedagogical Perspective

viii. Advantages, Risks, and Dos & Don’ts of Critical Pedagogy