Guilherme Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World

Foreign Language Education as Cultural Politics
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-85359-611-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

This book offers theoretical foundations and practical proposals for the development of critical cultural awareness and intercultural communication competence among prospective and practising foreign language/culture educators. It proposes an enhanced cultural and political role for educators in this area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guilherme, Maria Manuela

Guilherme, Manuela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1.Critical Pedagogy as cultural politics 2.Philosophical foundations for critical cultural awareness 3.The critical dimension in foreign culture education 4.The teachers’ voices: How they view critical cultural awareness in foreign language/culture classes 5.Preparing critical citizens and educators for an intercultural world Bibliography; Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Guilherme Maria Manuela:
Manuela Guilherme is a Senior Researcher at the Centro de Estudos Sociais at the University of Coimbra. She conceptualised and coordinated the ICOPROMO project on which this book is based. She is the author of Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World: Foreign Language Education as cultural politics, Multilingual Matters, 2002.Manuela Guilherme has been a teacher of foreign languages and cultures for the past 30 years both at secondary school and university levels, in Portugal as well as in Great Britain. She has also been a teacher trainer and a researcher in this area for the past 15 years. The research she presents in this book was awarded the 2001 Emma Birkmaier Award by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Modern Language Journal and her contribution to the study of language and culture worldwide was also recognised by the California Language Teaching Profession.