Difference between revisions of "Pédagogie critique"

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In this tradition the teacher works to lead students to question ideologies and practices that the students themselves consider oppressive (including those at school), and encourage liberatory collective and individual responses to the actual conditions of their own lives.
 
In this tradition the teacher works to lead students to question ideologies and practices that the students themselves consider oppressive (including those at school), and encourage liberatory collective and individual responses to the actual conditions of their own lives.
  
The student often begins as a member of the group or process (including religion, national identity, cultural norms, or expected roles) he or she is critically studying. After the student reaches the point of revelation where he or she begins to view present society as deeply problematic, the next behavior encouraged is sharing this knowledge, paired with an attempt to change the oppressive nature of the society.
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The student often begins as a member of the group or process (including religion, national identity, cultural norms, or expected roles) he or she is critically studying. Après que l'étudiant(e) est atteint le point de révélation où il ou elle commence à voir la société présente comme profondément problématique, la prochain comportement encouragé est le partage de cette connaissance, de paire avec la tentative de changer la nature oppressante de la société.
  
==Topics Introduced==
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===Sujets amenés===
To help encourage students to change their view from accepting the social norms (viewed by critics as being gullible) into being independently critical (viewed by mainstream society as being cynical) the instructors often introduce challenges to heroic icons and self-edifying history using contradictory reports or external points of view of the same subjects.
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Pour encourager les étudiant(e)s à changer leur façon _their view from accepting the social norms (viewed by critics as being gullible) into being independently critical (viewed by mainstream society as being cynical) the instructors often introduce challenges to heroic icons and self-edifying history using contradictory reports or external points of view of the same subjects.
  
 
==Generalized Examples===   
 
==Generalized Examples===   
*To encourage students to become critical the instructor might use these tasks to challenge the generally accepted paradigm of the student's society:  
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*Pour encourager les étudiant(e)s à devenir critique, l'instructeur peut utiliser ces exercices(td:tasks) _to challenge the generally accepted paradigm of the student's society:  
*Prompt the student to investigate a war that his or her society has waged and considered just and critically evaluate if it meets the criteria of a [[Just War Theory|just war]].  
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:Prompt the student to investigate a war that his or her society has waged and considered just and critically evaluate if it meets the criteria of a [[Just War Theory|just war]].  
*Encourage students to explore issues of power in their own families.  
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:Encourage students to explore issues of power in their own families.  
*To lead students to examine the underlying messages of popular culture and mass media.  
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:To lead students to examine the underlying messages of popular culture and mass media.  
*Require the evaluation of existing controversies in contemporary society, such as the relative merits of U.S. government spending on atomic weapons versus international health programs.  
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:Require the evaluation of existing controversies in contemporary society, such as the relative merits of U.S. government spending on atomic weapons versus international health programs.  
*Ask whether the metaphoric Emperor's New Clothes (fable) is, in fact, clothed.  
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:Ask whether the metaphoric Emperor's New Clothes (fable) is, in fact, clothed.  
 
*Real-world examples of concepts often introduced to generate critical thinking:  
 
*Real-world examples of concepts often introduced to generate critical thinking:  
*A challenge to the reverential mythology around Christopher Columbus and leading students to investigate primary sources by and about the historical figure. One might possibly suggest sources such as the Black Legend, or other sources that cast more disconcerting views on the legacy of his efforts.
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:A challenge to the reverential mythology around Christopher Columbus and leading students to investigate primary sources by and about the historical figure. One might possibly suggest sources such as the Black Legend, or other sources that cast more disconcerting views on the legacy of his efforts.
  
  

Revision as of 03:31, 23 April 2007

  1. Wieder, Alan (2003). Voices from Cape Town Classrooms: Oral Histories of Teachers Who Fought Apartheid. History of Schools and Schooling Series, vol. 39. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 0-8204-6768-5.