A Survey on the Iranian ELT Community's Attitudes to Critical Pedagogy

Autor/inn/en	Davari, Hossein; Iranmehr, Abutaleb; Erfani, Seyyed Mahdi
Titel	A Survey on the Iranian ELT Community's Attitudes to Critical Pedagogy
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 2, S.101-111 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Critical Theory; Community Attitudes; Mixed Methods Research; Interviews; English Instruction; English (Second Language); Applied Linguistics; Likert Scales; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Attitudes; Primary Sources; Culturally Relevant Education; Problem Based Learning; Instructional Materials; College Faculty; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kritische Theorie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Lehrerverhalten; Primärquelle; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Fakultät
Abstract	Critical pedagogy (CP) as one of the most radical changes in English language teaching (ELT) has turned into a common theme of research and discussion in recent years. Despite its practical implications, however, most of the research on this issue has been limited to its theoretical and conceptual dimensions. Conceiving the importance of this approach as well as considering the practical and applied dimensions of this newly emergent shift in ELT, this study is an attempt to study the Iranian ELT community's attitudes to some practical implications of CP in ELT. To acquire the Iranian ELT community's attitudes, a mixed-method approach was conducted. In the first phase, an interview survey was conducted with 8 applied linguists. Enjoying the content analysis of the data as well as the available literature on the topic, especially Akbari's (2008b) suggestions, a 10 item Likert-scale was prepared. To check the Iranian ELT community in the second phase, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 86 participants. Findings of this phase, as the main source of study, reveals that critical pedagogy is going to find a position in Iranian ELT community. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01