SLTC Lecture 7 (2024)
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Dr. Dario Luis Banegas
Week 7
How can we make the TESOL curriculum inclusive?
Examples?
Have you ever experienced discrimination or privilege because of your gender+ethnicity+economic status+dominant language?
(Ortaçtepe Hart, 2023, p. 11)
Intersectionality refers to the ways in which discrete forms of oppression and identity intersect with each other, as a result of which the nature of oppression experienced by an individual or a group of people is altered and expanded
"...intersectionality is not only a framework for considering identity but is also deeply connected to an orientation and understanding of justice, or what others have called intersectional justice 'as committing to consistently acknowledging and disrupting layered, interlocking inequities in the lives and communities of multiply-marginalized students' (Annamma & Winn, 2019, p. 319) as is the case with many of our English language teacher candidates and our students." (Kayi-Aydar et al., 2022, p. 2)
(Ubaque Casallas & Aguirre Garzon, 2020)
Are there hegemonic constructions of teaching & learning?
What variety of English does your coursebook/curriculum seem to prefer?
More questions
Is it suggested that it's OK to use English to discuss issues around systemic inequity?
Who is usually represented in the input and visuals?
Are aims, activities, etc. oriented towards aspirational futures? How?
Examples
- Prompt students to ask questions that help them identify the nature of inequity. (Kayi-Aydar et al., 2022)Example: What is the background of the politicians in your local area? Do they tend to belong to the same social class? Are they mostly men?Who is usually stopped by police officers in your city? What do people think of immigrants with a different set of beliefs in your area?
Students ask; students identify
+ info
Blackness & anti-racist practices
(Bryan et al. (2022)
Who studies English in your context? Is it the same type of provision in state and private schools?Who does the curriculum have in mind? Who does the coursebook have in mind?(Glodjo, 2017)
Social class
issues of celebrity, identity, gender and sexuality
Students read & discuss
(Svarstad, 2021)
Teacher education curriculum
TESOL curriculum
Intersectionality
Perspectives for curriculum analysis
Teacher & student agency
Sustainability
Inclusion
Decolonisation
Social justice
This is your safe space.I am happy you are in this class.I am happy you are in this world.
References
Banegas, D. L., Sacchi, F., San Martín, M. G., & Porto, M. (2024). Teachers’ and student teachers’ conceptualisations and enactment of social justice in English language teaching: A case in Argentinian secondary schools. Teachers and Teaching, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2024.2411957 Bryan, K., Romney-Schaab, M., & Cooper, A. (2022). The illusion of inclusion: Blackness in ELT. CATESOL Journal, 3(1), 1-13. Glodjo, T. (2017). Deconstructing social class identity and teacher privilege in the second language classroom. TESOL Journal, 8(2), 342-366. Kayi-Aydar, H., Varghese, M., & Vitanova, G., (2022). Intersectionality for TESOL education: Connecting theory and justice pedagogy. CATESOL Journal, 33(1), 1-10. Ortaçtepe Hart, D. (2023). Social justice and the language classroom reflection, action, and transformation. Edinburgh University Press. Svarstad, L. K. (2021). Cultural studies and intersectionality in English language education: Exploring students’ engagement in issues of celebrity, identity, gender and sexuality. Language Learning Journal, 49(6), 740-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2019.1709885Ubaque-Casallas, D. F., & Aguirre-Garzón, E. (2020). Re-signifying teacher epistemologies through lesson planning: A study on language student teachers. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 22(2), 131–144. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v22n2.80687
1) Examine and critique curriculum & materials for blackness2) Examine and critique hiring processes that disadvantage black ELT professionals
“a process that helps overcome barriers limiting the presence, participation and achievement of learners” (UNESCO, 2017, p. 13).“remove the barriers limiting the participation and achievement of all learners, respect diverse needs, abilities and characteristics and [...] eliminate all forms of discrimination in the learning environment” (UNESCO, 2019).