Fostering Skills to Enhance Critical Educators: A Pedagogical Proposal for Pre-service Teachers

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critical pedagogy, movies, pre-service teachers, reflection

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Jahir Aguirre Morales
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja
Bertha Ramos Holguín
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

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This article aims to share with teacher-educators a pedagogical proposal which we have applied in the past year. This investigation analyzes issues linked to critical pedagogy using movies connected to educational themes and readings based on critical pedagogy. We have used this study to generate class discussions in order to analyze educational topics from a critical point of view. This experience has guided us to help pre-service teachers acquire skills to eventually become critical educators of the future.

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Aguirre Morales, J., & Ramos Holguín, B. (2011). Fostering Skills to Enhance Critical Educators: A Pedagogical Proposal for Pre-service Teachers. HOW, 18(1), 169–197. Retrieved from https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/58
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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2011): HOW
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Reports on Pedagogical Experiences

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Author Biographies

Jahir Aguirre Morales, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Jahir Aguirre Morales is an assistant professor at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. He holds an M.A. in English Didactics from Universidad de Caldas. He belongs to the research group “TONGUE”. He currently teaches in the Modern Languages and Foreign Languages Licenciatura programs at UPTC.

Bertha Ramos Holguín, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Bertha Ramos Holguín is an assistant professor at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. She holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Universidad Distrital. She belongs to the research group “TONGUE”. She currently teaches in the Modern Languages and Foreign Languages Licenciatura programs and in the M.A. in Language Teaching program at UPTC.

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