Language teacher education in the age of ambiguity
The response that
professor Maggie Kubanyiova made to the call of Landmark for reconceptualized
knowledge base, in her article Language teacher education in the age of
ambiguity: educating responsive meaning makers in the world, provides a new
vision for language education. As she argues the tendencies in language
education have changed during the last two decades. Therefore, what she
basically proposes are responsive meaning makers for facing the challenges that
education arises. I agree with her when she explains that for doing the shift
that education requires, it is not necessary to go against institutional
policies, but rather, to help teachers to grow in their capacity of knowing
what to do in the particularities of their educational encounters. Furthermore,
she argues that a pedagogical way to achieve these new requirements of
education could probably be by means of creative arts. Thus, I found professor
Kubanyiova’s proposal very interesting as education needs to fulfill the
requirements of the current world, and for that reason, it is its duty to be
updated and responsive to the new trends that emerge from time to time.
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It is interesting how arts can serve as a vehicle for learning engagment, and more importantly, it can be a window into the learners' subjectivity and capabilities. This is something you can personally take advantage of.
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