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Defying Culture Hegemony through Teacher Generated EFL Materials
Defying Culture Hegemony through Teacher Generated Materials contributes to the growing literature on the critical analysis of English language teaching and learning materials used with students in local contexts. This research draws on contextualised teacher generated materials that contest decontextualised and standardised cultural content present in generic and commercial EFL textbooks. Six in-service teachers developed contextualised EFL materials (workshops and worksheets) for the pedagogical interventions of their qualitative action research (five teachers), or case studies (one teacher) to be used in state-funded and private schools, two private universities, and a non-formal public i...
Teacher-Developed Materials for Language Teaching and Learning
This book is the compilation of seven research studies. Six studies were carried out by the in-service teacher students from the Master\'s in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics at the School of Education in Universidad Externado de Colombia, and two professors from the same Emphasis conducted one study. It illustrates the students\' research process focused on English didactic issues relevant to the EFL community of teachers. This issue comprises seven chapters. The first article reports the results of developing undergraduates\' argumentative competen ce through ln-dass debates on social issues supported by the design and implementation of six contextualized workshops and subsidia...
The role of teacher-developed materials in fostering english language skills
This book is the compilation of eight research studies conducted by students from the Master's in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics at the School of Education in Universidad Externado de Colombia, and one study carried out by the professors from the same Emphasis. The articles focus on the role of teachers as materials developers in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context and the importance of developing contextualized materials to promote students' learning processes. These issues comprise several themes such as teacher-developed materials in a Master's programme in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics, helping high-intermediate students develop argumentative sk...
Materials for the learning of english and teachers` professional growth
This book is the compilation of eight research studies conducted by the students from the Master\'s in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics at the School of Education in Universidad Externado de Colombia, and one study carried out by the professors from the same Emphasis. It illustrates the students\' research process focused on various English didactíc issues relevant to the EFL community of teachers. This issues comprise several themes such as materíals development for teachers\' professional growth, undergraduate students\' critical thinkíng skílls revealed through ín-dass debates on controversial íssues ín an EFL dassroorn, the enhancement of wrítíng through cooperative ...
Using Debates in the Classroom
This book is the result of a research study developed at Universidad Externado de Colombia to obtain the Master's Degree in Education with Emphasis on Human Development and Values. It illustrates the research process aimed at analysing how undergraduate students built their argumentative competence by using debates, as a pedagogical strategy, when exploring social issues in English as a Foreign Language. In this sense, the reader will progressively see the way the research was conducted as a qualitative case study that involved the use of debates in the classroom. This book is divided into six chapters. The first one offers an account of the theory and research studies that support the const...
A practical materials development guide for EFL PRE-SERVICE, novice, and in-service teachers
La presente publicación expone los resultados de la más reciente investigación sobre los call center (o contact center) en Colombia. Se trata de empresas "contratistas", cuya actividad esta orientada a la atención telefónica de la clientela 'de empresas "contratantes" de sus servicios. Dichas "empresas buscan este servicio con la finalidad de acercar y fidelizar su propia clientela, promocionar sus productos y servicios, optimizando sus transacciones con el mercado, así como prestar atención y solución a las consultas o reclamos de sus propios clientes.Los call center pertenecen al grupo líder de las innovaciones de la era de la globalización, hechas posibles por la revolución tec...
Context-Bound Materials to Enhance the Learning and Teaching of English
This book is the compilation of seven research studies. Six studies were carried out by the in-service teacher-students from the Master\'s in Education with Emphasis on English Didactics at the School of Education in Universidad Externado de Colombia, and one study was conducted by three professors from the same Emphasis. This issue includes seven chapters. The first article describes the findings from teacher professional development seminars to sensitise teachers towards child rights classroom practices. The second article reports how the implementation of teacher-designed portfolios, based on controversial issues, enhanced students\' argumentative writing skils. The third article analyzes...
Cátedra Unesco y Cátedra Infancia. Derechos humanos y políticas públicas
En esta publicación el lector encontrará los resultados de los últimos trabajos que, desde distintas disciplinas y ópticas, llevaron a cabo los investigadores de las Cátedras Unesco e Infancia de la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Dichas cátedras son espacios de discusión crítica acerca de las garantías efectivas de los derechos fundamentales mediante la superación de las violencias y el ejercicio de la democracia. La primera parte del libro contiene reflexiones acerca del derecho como fuerza transformadora de la realidad; los nexos entre las violencias pasadas y presentes en Latinoamérica; la conexión entre historia, política y subjetividad frente a los sujetos de las injust...
Cátedra Unesco derechos humanos y violencia: gobierno y gobernanza. problemas, representaciones y políticas frente a graves violaciones a los derechos humanos
En el presente texto se analizan problemas, soluciones y representaciones en torno a los derechos humanos, fruto de investigaciones terminadas. Con relación a los problemas, el capítulo I estudia la concepción individualista de los derechos humanos que dificulta su implementación efectiva, mientras el Capítulo II reflexiona acerca del comportamiento del Estado colombiano ante el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos que impacta negativamente en la garantía de los derechos de las víctimas. Respecto a las soluciones, varios capítulos se ocupan de algunas políticas públicas destinadas a la población víctima del conflicto armado y el desplazamiento forzado interno. Tal es el cas...
