Rita Divéki

Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom


Teachers’ Approaches to Dealing with Controversy

The roles teachers are willing to assume are reflected in the way they approach controversial issues (CI) in their lessons. Having analysed secondary school teachers’ treatment of CI, Hess (2004) identified four distinct pedagogical approaches, i.e., four ways “teachers acted and/or verbally positioned themselves when these types of questions came up in the classroom” (Flensner, 2020, p. 8). The first one is denial, meaning that teachers do not treat the issue as controversial, they do not take sides, they simply assert that whatever they say about the topic is the truth. Although it certainly is a committed position, as the teacher is promoting change, it is entirely questionable whether the students benefit from this kind of teaching at all.

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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