ERIC Number: EJ1434391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-1017-7108
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Critical Global Citizenship Education: Unpacking Representations of Racialization in Korean English Textbooks
En Hye Lee
English Teaching, v79 n2 p57-87 2024
This paper aims to investigate how and to what extent 'critical' global citizenship is reflected in middle school English textbooks in Korea. Framed within Freire's concept of critical literacy, the study is concerned with analyzing the written texts in two English textbooks, with a focus on the issue of representations. Using critical content analysis, the research centers on unpacking how race, racism, or racialization, especially in the United States, is represented, and to what extent these representations may be associated with global citizenship education in English language learning. The major findings indicate a notable absence of sufficient sociohistorical and cultural contexts of race in the United States as presented in the concerned English textbooks. Based on the analysis, this paper calls for an expansion of the dimensions of critical global citizenship in English language learning settings, aiming to provide students with broader opportunities to question colonial discourse and challenge issues related to power and systemic oppression.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Racial Factors, Textbooks, Middle Schools, Critical Literacy, Racism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Textbook Evaluation, Colonialism, Social Justice
Korea Association of Teachers of English. 6105 English Education Department, Chinju National University of Education, 369beon-gil 3, Jinyangho-ro, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, 52673, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82-42-629-7381; Fax: +82-42-629-7320; e-mail: katejournal29@gmail.com; Web site: http://journal.kate.or.kr/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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