1st Edition

Putting Critical Language Pedagogy into Practice

Edited By Barbara Muszyńska, Holly Hansen-Thomas Copyright 2024
136 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Putting Critical Language Pedagogy into Practice explores the practice of language teaching through the lens of critical pedagogy, reflexivity, and the importance of reflexivity for teacher development. It also shows how these reflexive practices can contribute to more inclusivity and decolonization of the curriculum. A range of experts argue persuasively for epistemological reflexivity in... Read more

List of Contributors

 

Foreword                                                                                                                              

Bogusława Dorota Gołębniak                                                                                               

 

Introduction to the book                                                                                                     

Barbara Muszyńska and Holly Hansen-Thomas

 

Chapter 1. Moving Beyond Reflection - Towards Epistemic Reflexivity in Language Education                                                                                                        

Barbara Muszyńska

 

Chapter 2. Enacting Critical Consciousness to Name and Act on My Monolingual Ideologies:

An Example from a Scholar’s Teaching and Research                                                         

Mary Amanda Stewart

 

Chapter 3. Don’t Just Talk About It, Be About It: Supporting Critical Pedagogy in

Teacher Education                                                                                                                 

Aimée Myers and Gage Jeter

 

Chapter 4. Addressing Embodied Assumptions through a Self-Coaching Model              

Elise Brittan

 

Chapter 5. Providing Spaces for Critical Reflections                                                          

Mariannella  Núñez

 

Chapter 6. Teaching through Conceptual Art: seeking convergence in diversity               

Christine Calfoglou and Spiros Polymeris

 

Chapter 7. Critical Pedagogy through Artistic Citizenship: Beyond Traditional Means    

Victor Lozada

 

Chapter 8. Critical Scholarship of Hope: Language Teacher Education and Schools in Poland

Aleksandra Ita Olszewska

 

Call to Action                                                                                                           

Holly Hansen-Thomas and Barbara Muszyńska

 

Index

Biography

Barbara Muszyńska, a Fulbright Senior Award scholar at Texas Woman’s University (2021–2022), works as an assistant professor at the University of Lower Silesia in Wrocław, Poland. Her research focuses on language education in multilingual and multicultural contexts promoting the conditions for critical reflection.


Holly Hansen-Thomas is Vice Provost for Research, Innovation, and Corporate Engagement, and Professor of Bilingual and ESL Education at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. A two-time Fulbright Scholar, she has worked in language education for several decades. Her research interests include ESL training for mainstream teachers and EB’s development of academic language.