Critical Literacy as a Means to Promote Diversity in the English Classroom
Date
2023
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Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
Abstract
The study aims at implementing critical literacy in the English classroom as a means to promote diversity. Critical literacy allows people to gain diverse perspectives from the only ones they already know, raise awareness about social problems, and develop critical thinking. In order to foster diversity in the English classroom with eighth graders, the research also aims to broaden students ́ perceptions and ideas through critical literacy. Taking the case study as a research technique for analyzing and exploring our context, we applied three different instruments to gather information and recognize how perceptions concerning diversity and inclusion can be transformed from a critical point of view, using critical literacy as a means to provide the starting point towards self-reflection. This study demonstrates significant changes in the students´ initial perceptions of diversity that respond to the general objective that guided our research.
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Critical thinking, Diversity, Literature, Social inclusion, Critical literacy