Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Teachers as Agents of Change

Teachers are seen as essential players in educational reforms. Empirical studies (Goren & Yemini, 2017; Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, 2017) show that teacher agency has an important role to play in the implementation of global citizenship education (GCE/GCED) in schools and teachers’ “perceptions and stances profoundly impact GCE outcomes even if the school or national education policy explicitly mark GCE as a priority – but especially in contexts that lack such clarity” (Goren & Yemini, 2017, p. 11). Ideally, teachers can make professional decisions about what material they teach and how they teach it, based on what they think suits the needs of their students. Even though teachers are regarded to have an important role in “enacting curriculum policy” (Priestley et al., 2016, p. 187), it happens that they “mediate the curriculum in ways that are often antithetical to policy intentions, leading to an implementation gap and often to unintended consequences” (p. 187).

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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