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Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


What Hungarian Secondary School EFL Teachers Need to Effectively Develop their Students’ Global Competence

Before answering the question (What do you think teachers would need to effectively develop their students’ global competence?), many participants expressed their doubts about making global competence development mandatory and including it in the National Core Curriculum with explicit outcomes. Emma and Tilda were uncertain about the global content (i.e., what content should be taught) and the help provided to the teachers (i.e., whether they would organise professional development workshops). Apart from that, some of them expressed their fears about the parents’ attitudes (L), the students’ attitudes (E), but mostly about teachers’ attitudes and preparedness (Á, E, H, K, L). In Klára’s views, the biggest issue is that this dimension of education is completely missing from initial teacher training, and today’s practising teachers have not heard too much about global education. She went on by saying that including it in teacher training is not enough either, it is essential to make trainees interested in these issues, because “if the teacher receives the training and sees the value in it, they will implement it in class” (T/K-6).

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 664 013 2

In today’s world, there are increasing demands for education systems for empowering students to become active and responsible global citizens who are prepared to address the challenges of the 21st century and who are equipped with global competence. This book examines global competence development (GCD) in English language teaching in Hungary from the perspective of university English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher trainers and secondary school EFL teachers. Based on the findings, it details the characteristics of globally competent teachers, offers a wide array of activities that can be used for nurturing global citizens, and outlines recommendations for the successful implementation of GCD in both secondary and tertiary education.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/diveki-developing-global-competence-in-the-hungarian-efl-classroom//

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