IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, DESCRIBE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE SEEN ASPECTS OF CRITICAL PEDAGOGY EMPLOYED
Children find their models first in their parents and second in their teachers. It is very correctly said that the influence of the teacher is immense, that’s why our decisions and behaviors inside the class are so important.
Nowadays, we live in a ‘cosmopolitan world’ where there is a great variety of cultures, religions and styles of life. The class is like a small society, that’s why is possible to find pupils with a lot of different characteristics. Due to globalization we can find different cultures inside the class, and our duty as critical teachers is to try to avoid cultural categories. We should imply in our class the fact that all the cultures are situated at the same level, there isn’t better cultures than others.
If there is one child who comes from another culture the teacher should reinforce this, showing to the rest of the classroom that to have people in class with different cultures is something really positive that can help us to understand how is the world where we live.
According to my personal experience, I think that the Spanish educational system it’s not really critical according to cultural diversity because symbols and social practices that express culture (as for example dresses or burkas) are not allowed in class. I don’t agree with these measures because in my opinion every person should be allowed to wear the clothes that he/she prefer.
To sum up, there’s a lot of behaviors about our teaching styles that are not included on the curriculum, but they are transmitted to the pupils through the “hidden curriculum”, and that’s why it’s so important to avoid the stereotypes about the different cultures and try to integrate all of them in order to create a “mini” intercultural society in our class where respect and coeducation are really important values.
MARIA
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