Educating Christian Pre-service English Teachers to be Socially Responsible : From a Critical Pedagogy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to explore how Christian English teacher education program can take the role of social responsibility and educate Christian pre-service English teachers(CPETs) to be agents for change as well as professional English teachers. The theoretical foundation bases on the critical pedagogy which implies that language teachers are more than facilitators of communication and they are charged with the social responsibility to help students to seek justice and to be peacemakers in a world of desperate need of change. The paper first reviews the literature about current thoughts in critical pedagogy in English education and
especially focuses on how CPETs can play the role of agent for social change and dedicate themselves as followers of Jesus Christ. Then, the paper speculates how CPETs perceive their role as socially responsible teachers through analyzing their vision essays. The paper finally suggests several instructional strategies to ensure that CPETs do not lose sight of inequalities and social problems intricately related to current English education in Korea.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction 5
• II. Critical Pedagogy in English Education 9
• III. CPETs’ Perception toward their Role as Socially Responsible Teachers 14
• IV. Incorporating Critical Pedagogy in Christian English Teacher Education 18
• 1. Include critical pedagogy in multicultural education courses 20
• 2. Include English program for the socially underprivileged through university and local community collaboration 21
• 3. Build Christian English teacher communities through collegiality 22
• V. Conclusion 23
• References 25
• Abstract 29