Cultural Capital: Empowerment
Cultural Capital: Empowerment What is the status quo and why challenge it? Well, that’s a big question. The status quo basically refers to things…
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Action Research and the Voice of Teachers
Action Research and the Voice of Teachers What makes a language classroom a little extra special? I think it’s the fact that so much…
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Cultural Capital: Experience as a Classroom Resource
Experience as a Classroom Resource Amidst all the uncertainties in the world of education, there is, what John Dewey calls, ‘one permanent frame of…
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Cultural Capital – Problematise
Cultural Capital – Problematise In my conversations with people about action research, the common disagreement I have is the idea of action research being…
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Cultural Capital – Cultures of Silence
Cultures of Silence What if teachers were as important as academics, if not more important? What if classroom life, research and practice was at…
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Critical Pedagogy: Cultural Capital – Codification
Cultural Capital – Codification In my previous column I talked to you about the hidden curriculum- the messages that are learnt but not officially…
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Critical Pedagogy: The Hidden Curriculum
The Hidden Curriculum Within every school system, there is a curriculum and there is a hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum is composed of…
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Critical Pedagogy – Cultural Capital
Cultural Capital Cultural capital refers to all the non-financial assets that aid social mobility. It’s all those little extras that help people change their…
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Objects, Subjects and the Banking Model
“There is no teaching without learning” Paulo Freire Paulo Freire and the Banking Model of Education are perhaps the two things I hear the…
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The Critical Mindset
The Critical Mindset If you’re taking the time to read this, then I doubt you’re the sort of teacher who thinks there’s one best…
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