ELT552 CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION
| Course Code: | 8200552 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. SEBAHAT YASEMİN TEZGİDEN CAKCAK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course encourages graduate students to explore the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of education in general and English language education in particular.
Course Content
This course surveys major theories and concepts of critical pedagogy and builds a bridge between the central tenets of critical pedagogy and English language teaching. This course encourages graduate students to explore the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of education in general and English language education in particular. This course aims to develop critical consciousness as to the notions of democratic schooling practices and critical citizenship as well as the political-economical dimensions of English language education including hegemony of English, expanding world of English Language Teaching industry and linguistic human rights.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- critically analyze political and economical dimensions of schooling.
- critically evaluate the underlying ideologies behind English language teaching methodologies, materials and standardized tests.
- reconsider their pedagogical beliefs and decisions.
- grasp a larger theoretical framework to guide their research processes and educational actions.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution