Political Dimensions of Language // Participatory Approach
The goal of a Participatory Approach is to help students to understand the social, historical, or cultural forces that shaped a particular context, and then to help empower students to take action and make decisions in order to gain control over their lives in that context (Wallerstein 1983).
Sayfa 171Kitabı okudu
Political Dimensions of Language // Participatory Approach
As Ann Berthoff has written:
Education does not substitute for political action, but it is indispensable to it because of the role it plays in the development of critical consciousness. That, in turn, is dependent on the transforming power of language. (Berthoff 1987: xix)
Sayfa 170Kitabı okudu
Political Dimensions of Language // Participatory Approach
It is not the content of subject-matter texts, but rahter it is content that comes from issues of concern to students. The Participatory Approach is based on a growing awareness of the role that education, in general, and language education, specifically, have in creating and perpetuating power dynamics in society.
Sayfa 170Kitabı okudu