FLE380 CRITICAL PEDAGOGY FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS
| Course Code: | 4500380 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Foreign Language Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course surveys central concepts of critical pedagogy to provide English language teacher candidates with an in-depth understanding of the political, economic, social and cultural factors informing schooling.
Course Content
This course surveys central concepts of critical pedagogy to provide English language teacher candidates with an in-depth understanding of the political, economic, social and cultural factors informing schooling.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students who take this course will be able to:
- understand the classroom reality from a larger political-economic and socio-cultural perspective
- make informed decisions about the problems they face in their schooling context with their enlarged educational perspective
- gain an insight on how to build egalitarian, dialogic and caring relationships with their students
- explore the notions of democratic citizenship and advocacy at educational institutions