FROM PERSONAL TO GLOBAL THROUGH ARTS

CONSTRUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS' EDUCATION

Pedagogy and Didactics in Foreign Languages Research Group, University of Antioquia CCLI.

ZORAIDA RODRGUEZ

Medellin, 12 & 13 August, 2011 - Centro Colombo Americano, Plaza Mayor.

OBJECTIVE To share personal reflections about how understanding and valuing my own construction of subjectivity led me to foster transformative practices in my classroom.

WHO QUESTIONS? WHO WONDERS? WHO EXPLORES?

SUBJECTIVITY: The specific discerning interpretations of any aspect of experiences,

WOMAN, DAUGHTER, MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT

SUBJECTIVI TY

Turning point 1

Trust the learner

Language is a whole: Whole

Language

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Language is a whole: meaning making are inseparable Reading and writing are interrelated processes Meaning interprets reality Is oral or written-or other signals Is social learned in the context of its use. Mistakes are part of any learning process Children are natural learners, spontaneously make good learning decisions learn by trial and error, invention, discovery, intuition. They tell best when the conditions are informal and natural. It values cultures

Turning point 2
WHAT TO TEACH/LEARN ENGLISH FOR?

To know about other cultures

To open new doors To increase my income To become literate

Turning point 3
Society is represented in the classroom, (McLaren, 1988)

What else do we teach when we teach English? How is society represented in the classroom, texts? What kind of human being do we foster? What is the role of Arts in class?
responsibilities as a Colombian English teacher Reproduction or transformation?

COLONIAL

AND POST COLONIAL STUDIES

Linguistic imperialism, or language imperialism, is a linguistics concept that "involves the transfer of a dominant language to other people. The transfer is essentially a demonstration of powertraditionally, military power but also, in the modern world, economic powerand aspects of the dominant culture are usually transferred along with the language. (Phillipson, 1999)

another shape of colonialism prevails in the world today Global North, developed or firstworld countries still have a firm influence, especially as far as knowledge, culture and education are concerned. (Mignolo, 2000).

Arts in teaching
a whole human being
Imagination, curiosity, discovery new and varied perspectives contextualize: connection with
personal experiences

empowerment
Authentic curiosity about educational practices, and about policies, and theories, from an artistic perspective, can lead to rich and varied questions, especially about critical perspectives in teaching and learning. construct meaning through discovery, managing curiosity with established processes within their fieldsinvolve seeking to know the world in new ways, from different perspectives, with (Diaz, 2002).

What if
IF I WERE A FRUIT I WOULD BE A EX 2

Starry Night over the Rhone" (1889), Vincent Van Gogh

Carlos Jacanamijoy
His works realize the old dream of finding an artistic language capable of expressing the crossbreeding of Western and Native cultures in Latin America.

A STORY
Es un rabbit que le sali una aleta y patas de dolphin fantstico y fish scales. Maria.
(It is a rabbit that grew a fin, fantastic dolphin paws and fish scales.

Storytelling
READING STORIES ALOUD

Read the world and the word (Paolo Freire): Critical Literacy development

CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC PROJECT CREATED TO promote different art expressions as tools for teaching and learning English To use the language in other settings and situations

WHAT YOU SAID By Sara You said Im very happy, Im nice and the work is good. You said I have closing spaces and also Im cute. Said Im a hard worker and I hope its true And all I want to say is thank you

MY LIFE By Luisa My life is more than a mask, I want the truth, the beauty of life, I want to travel in my head and know all about me because I dont know anything about life, I dont understand the injustice of the people. Happiness is for everybody

From masks to words, from words to poems

Teachers must be able to understand how power works productively through the poetics of imagination, that is, they must be able to distinguish between reality as a fact and existence as a possibility to be forged in solidarity with others. (Giroux, 1999).

Whats a teacher role under this perspective?

AM I THE OTHER? Explore individual creative possibilities Reflect on different dimensions that teaching a Foreign Language implies in a global context Foster respect for others and self Explore beliefs about education, multiculturalism, imagination in educationIdeological dimension of FL teaching: globalization, stereotypes

FOR?
I

In the class we have had the chance to appreciate things from new perspectives; as we did in the exercise where we had to take a stick, describe it and gave it new uses. With this exercise we saw that each one has his own way to perceive an object. As a teacher it is important to take into account that each one of our students has a particular way to perceive, understand, feel, see, and reflect about the worldwe have the chance to teach a group of people about a specific subject, but we need to realize that we are teaching about life too(Lina, 2008)

II We read a book trying to see what was bizarre. At the end the only bizarre thing from the many the story had was grandpas color switched socks. That day I thought that what I may think is a problem to be researched may not be the one. I need to observe the context better (Leo, 2008)

Bamboozled by David Legged

III the first thing we did was to explore on our fears and strengths I had regarding the practicum and me as a researcher... Am I ready to face up to the nowadays students and the ones who are coming next? Then we talked about prejudgments, stereotypes, and discrimination... as Sartre says: Lenfer cest les autres is it possible to listen to others without any prejudgments (Jimmy, 2008)

TO TEMPORARILY FINISH:
HUMAN SUBJECTIVITY AT THE CENTER OF ENGLISH is to put question the social order out of which communities of human subjects are formed. what we do in English classrooms matters in terms of such questions as, Who I am? How do I belong? What can I hope for? Do we provide spaces for such questions?

TO RECALL:
ASK QUESTIONS KEEP WONDERING TAKE RISKS TRUST THE LEARNER TRUST OURSELVES

WHO QUESTIONS? WHO WONDERS? WHO EXPLORES?

Gracias Thank you

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CREATING A ROLE STAGE ACTRESS

CLASSROO M TEACHER

TRANSFORMING ACTIONS

INTERACTIONS

THROUGH
The exploration and use of personal experiences, ideas, hypothesis, possibilities, needs , intellectual and expressive capacities

PRINCIPLES TO CREATE A ROLE: Free Adaptation K. Stanislavski /Functions actress/teacher Zoraida Rodrguez