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A Synthesis of EFL Research in Chilean High Schools: Research Shortage or Research Opportunities?

three research fields ranging from didactics to socio-structural problematics. The synthesis shows that the research addresses curricular aspects devoid of socio-political and historical contexts ... -political and historical contexts, emphasizing primarily teachers’ teaching tensions and challenges. Finally, I discuss the English as a foreign language research limitations and implications for the Chilean

Political Parties, Elections and Election Systems by Etem Aziri

differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs

Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography by Daniel Tanguay

The book ends with concluding remarks of the writer about the whole Leo Strauss’s thought. Although Leo Strauss’s philosophy is very complex especially in terms of so many different titles and ... twentieth century political philosophy but also enable to us with critical outlook about modern political philosophy and its problems. Apart from Introduction, the book consists of four main titles about Leo

Albanian Book and Libraries in Kosovo

in Kosovo by the 14th century was followed with a long interruption due to socio-political circumstances. The linguistic structure of the book in libraries by the middle of the sixties of the 20th ... the political and cultural position of Albanians was also reflected in view of the growing number of publications in Albanian and network extension of libraries also changing their cultural status. In

Aligning English Language Testing With Curriculum

Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and

Aligning English Language Testing With Curriculum

Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and

Contributions of a Social Justice Language Teacher Education Perspective to Professional Development Programs in Colombia

In this article, the author discusses the social justice language teacher education perspective and how it can help language teachers to develop a political view of their work and effect change ... city in Colombia to determine how these have or have not contributed to the development of a political perspective in teachers. Finally, she discusses what the implementation of such perspective requires

Contributions of a Social Justice Language Teacher Education Perspective to Professional Development Programs in Colombia

In this article, the author discusses the social justice language teacher education perspective and how it can help language teachers to develop a political view of their work and effect change ... city in Colombia to determine how these have or have not contributed to the development of a political perspective in teachers. Finally, she discusses what the implementation of such perspective requires

Are Language Teaching Methods Really Dead as Some TESOL Gurus Have Proclaimed?

that is supported in various disciplinary fields. Starting with philosophy, it is well known that philosophers used a variety of methods to pursue knowledge. For example, Descartes used the concept in ... examples of methods in philosophy are methodic doubt, argument, and dialectics. Another discipline where the study of a specific type of knowledge is important is epistemology. This type of knowledge is

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Mentoring Language Student-Teachers: A Narrative Perspective to Mentors’ Experiences From Borders and Cracks

university and the mentor give them guidelines or instructions to follow in the classroom. I try to avoid that because what I believe is that they should base their teaching philosophy, establish it or adapt ... . They make those decisions together with the mentor; it is like co-construction, more or less. However, what I was referring to more than anything, was like a general teaching philosophy. They begin to

From Utopia to Reality: Trans-Formation of Pedagogical Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education

  Theoretical Considerations The theoretical considerations of this article propose a discussion of three main topics: the Freirean philosophy of education, teacher knowledge, and trans-formation of pedagogical ... knowledge. The Freirean Philosophy The intersection of pedagogy, research, and innovation in language teacher education can be discussed from a critical perspective, which in this work is provided by

From Utopia to Reality: Trans-Formation of Pedagogical Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education

  Theoretical Considerations The theoretical considerations of this article propose a discussion of three main topics: the Freirean philosophy of education, teacher knowledge, and trans-formation of pedagogical ... knowledge. The Freirean Philosophy The intersection of pedagogy, research, and innovation in language teacher education can be discussed from a critical perspective, which in this work is provided by

Evaluating Teachers’ Practices Beyond Content and Procedural Knowledge in a Colombian Context

in different cultural settings (Block, 2015), or through social negotiations, knowledge and action, as well as ideological, political, and cultural inclinations (Fajardo-Castañeda, 2011). The British ... of the political and sociocultural particularities of the learning context; and (c) possibility, associated with critical pedagogy that contributes to raising sociopolitical awareness among

Re-Signifying Teacher Epistemologies Through Lesson Planning: A Study on Language Student Teachers

relating to the “teaching context” (Lucero, 2015). As far as this study is concerned, student teachers’ identities are conceived within a continuum where they are constructed from a social, political, and ... (Lindsay & Knight, 2006, p. 16). Consequently, we argue that any personal philosophy to teaching is influenced by dualistic ways of knowing, where knowledge is conceptualized in terms of right and wrong

Disciplinary Power Lying Behind the Requisite of English Language Mastery in International Scholarships

language varieties for being competent in these practices. One point that relates to the social and political agendas behind AIESEC-ICETEX scholarship program is made by Shohamy (2017) when she states that ... its social, economic, and political ends. In this perspective, Foucault’s (1975/2002) idea of means of correct training-hierarchical observation, normalizing punishment, and examinations-constitute a

Plurality of Voices in Reflecting Upon the Research Process: Trajectories of Collaboration in an Argentinian Setting

. (2018), they argue that “studies which aim for participants to act as co-enquirers are political by their nature” (Gibson et al., 2017, p. 110). Critical reflection on these dimensions is fraught with ... name and address all the co-authors of this article at different moments in this longitudinal study. Naming and labelling stakeholders poses methodological challenges which are political by nature and

Fostering Citizenship and English Language Competences in Teenagers Through Task-Based Instruction

and 5  These proposed solutions were consistent with some of the proposed standards for citizenship education (MEN, 2004): “identify and analyze situations in which civil and political rights are ... Colombia [Civic and citizenship education as an answer to violence in Colombia]. Transatlántica de Educación, 4, 65-76. [ Links ] Johnson, M. (2004). A philosophy for second language acquisition. Yale

A Post-Positivist and Interpretive Approach to Researching Teachers’ Language Assessment Literacy

LAL research. A Post-Positivist and Interpretive Philosophy for Studying Teachers’ LAL The reflection I am proposing is grounded on a general research philosophy. Positivist approaches to ... . The implication for post-positivist research is that LAL research must look at language teachers’ reality in naturalistic contexts (Cohen et al., 2007). Such research philosophy can have the advantage