It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica

It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica

While social justice education (SJE) is increasingly recognized as educationally essential for students’ academic and personal success, its full integration into K-12 education continues to face barriers, including resistance to discussing certain SJE topics. Using group interviews with five regiona...

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Autores principales: Rojas-Alfaro, Roberto, Ramirez-Casalvolone, Natalia
Formato: Online
Idioma:spa
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica, Sede de Occidente 2024
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/62865
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spelling PENSAMIENTOACTUAL628652024-12-04T15:36:24Z Se Necesita un grupo para diseñar, pero una comunidad más grande para implementar: marco orientado a la educación en lenguaje de justicia social en Costa Rica It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica Rojas-Alfaro, Roberto Ramirez-Casalvolone, Natalia justicia social material didáctico consejeros de educación política educacional social justice teaching materials educational advisers educational policy Mientras que la educación para la justicia social (EJS) es cada vez más reconocida como esencial para el éxito académico y personal de los estudiantes, su plena integración en la educación K-12 sigue enfrentando obstáculos, incluida la resistencia a la discusión de ciertos temas de EJS. Utilizando entrevistas grupales con cinco personas consejeras de inglés como lengua extranjera (ELE) a nivel regional y dos a nivel nacional, encargadas de liderar y defender el currículo en Costa Rica, este estudio exploró sus respuestas respecto a materiales curriculares temáticos de EJS propuestos para la educación en línea y presencial. Los hallazgos incluyen preocupaciones sobre los desafíos prácticos de agregar tareas a la ya extenuante carga de trabajo de las personas docentes, la alineación del currículo a las metas educativas establecidas y la aprensión sobre la introducción de ciertos temas de EJS, especialmente en torno a la sexualidad y el estatus socioeconómico. Entre las recomendaciones se incluyen el apoyo de las autoridades para una implementación enfocada en la EJS y la retroalimentación continua de las partes interesadas en torno al desarrollo al igual que la comprensión de la resistencia existente o anticipada a la EJS en ciertos sectores sociales y la adaptación de los materiales de EJS propuestos para cumplir con los requerimientos educativos sin aumentar la carga de trabajo de las personas docentes.   While social justice education (SJE) is increasingly recognized as educationally essential for students’ academic and personal success, its full integration into K-12 education continues to face barriers, including resistance to discussing certain SJE topics. Using group interviews with five regional- and two national-level English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) advisers tasked with leadership and curriculum advocacy in Costa Rica, this study explored their responses to proposed SJE-themed curriculum materials for online and offline education. Findings include concerns around the practical challenges of adding tasks to already-overburdened teachers’ workloads, aligning curricula with mandated educational benchmarks, and apprehension about introducing certain SJE topics, especially around sexuality and socioeconomic status. Recommendations include leadership support for focused SJE implementation and increased stakeholder input around developing and navigating real or anticipated SJE resistance in certain social sectors and refining proposed SJE materials to meet educational mandates without adding to teacher workloads.   Universidad de Costa Rica, Sede de Occidente 2024-12-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/62865 10.15517/pa.v24i43.62865 Pensamiento Actual; Vol. 24 No. 43 (2024): Pensamiento Actual (diciembre 2024- mayo 2025) Pensamiento Actual; Vol. 24 Núm. 43 (2024): Pensamiento Actual (diciembre 2024- mayo 2025) 2215-3586 1409-0112 10.15517/pa.v24i43 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/62865/62134 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/62865/62135 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/62865/62136 Derechos de autor 2024 Roberto Rojas-Alfaro, Natalia Ramirez-Casalvolone https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cr/
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It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
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description While social justice education (SJE) is increasingly recognized as educationally essential for students’ academic and personal success, its full integration into K-12 education continues to face barriers, including resistance to discussing certain SJE topics. Using group interviews with five regional- and two national-level English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) advisers tasked with leadership and curriculum advocacy in Costa Rica, this study explored their responses to proposed SJE-themed curriculum materials for online and offline education. Findings include concerns around the practical challenges of adding tasks to already-overburdened teachers’ workloads, aligning curricula with mandated educational benchmarks, and apprehension about introducing certain SJE topics, especially around sexuality and socioeconomic status. Recommendations include leadership support for focused SJE implementation and increased stakeholder input around developing and navigating real or anticipated SJE resistance in certain social sectors and refining proposed SJE materials to meet educational mandates without adding to teacher workloads.  
title It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
title_short It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
title_full It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
title_fullStr It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed It Takes a Group to Design but a Larger Community to Implement: Social Justice Language Education-Oriented Framework in Costa Rica
title_sort it takes a group to design but a larger community to implement: social justice language education-oriented framework in costa rica
title_alt Se Necesita un grupo para diseñar, pero una comunidad más grande para implementar: marco orientado a la educación en lenguaje de justicia social en Costa Rica
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