“The feeling of fear was not from my student, but from myself”: A pre-service teacher’s shift from traditional to problem-posing second language pedagogy in a Mexican youth prison

dc.contributor.authorKasun, G.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Abigail
dc.contributor.authorJang, Gyewon
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Zurisaray
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-10T19:05:55Z
dc.date.available2024-04-10T19:05:55Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-11
dc.description.abstractThis era of globalization, capitalism, and economic progress has given rise to mass incarceration, as a considerable number of youths in developing and developed countries live behind bars in detention facilities without appropriate educational support. Educators in these facilities deposit knowledge, through traditional pedagogical approaches, under systemic oppression and surveillance deemed necessary for safety and security. This study investigated implementations of Freire’s (2000) problem-posing pedagogy using a participatory action research (PAR) approach through the lens of critical theory. Two of the co-authors helped develop a Freirean language teaching program in an urban youth prison in Mexico, centering student teachers’ critical self-awareness by providing them with opportunities to reflect on their identity, life experiences, and reality while teaching in prison. Through critical, autoethnographic self-reflections of a bilingual teacher candidate on her teaching practices, this study provides insights into how the teacher was impacted by the problem-posing pedagogy and how it was reflected in her transformation to a critical, loving teacher and student progress. This research embraces a humanistic approach to teaching incarcerated youth in Mexico through care and courage by supporting them as students, as well as by empowering their voices and thoughts. Building a learning community, where students and teachers create respectful human connections through dialogue and discussions on language, culture, and lived experiences, is portrayed in this research as essential.
dc.description.urihttps://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/jma/vol5/iss1/1
dc.format.extent17 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2uxpu-tznv
dc.identifier.citationKasun, G., Abigail Santos, Gyewon Jang, and Zurisaray Espinosa. “‘The Feeling of Fear Was Not from My Student, but from Myself’: A Pre-Service Teacher’s Shift from Traditional to Problem-Posing Second Language Pedagogy in a Mexican Youth Prison.” Journal of Multicultural Affairs 5, no. 1 (March 11, 2020). https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/jma/vol5/iss1/1.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/33016
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherStephen F. Austin State University
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication Department
dc.subjectparticipatory action research (PAR)
dc.subjectproblem-posing second language pedagogy
dc.title“The feeling of fear was not from my student, but from myself”: A pre-service teacher’s shift from traditional to problem-posing second language pedagogy in a Mexican youth prison
dc.typeText
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1992-5989

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