Language Teacher Education in the Age of Ambiguity

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Language Teacher Education in the Age of Ambiguity

Reconceptualizing the Knowledge‐Base of Language Teacher Education 

In my view, what Kubanyiova calls education in the age of ambiguity, is a similar landscape to the one we have in our education system. For instance, all the inconsistencies that we found in the guidelines that the government stated for teaching English in the country. Even worse, the policies for teaching in the rural area that seem inconsistent in terms of teaching. Hence, the rationale that she offers is very accurate and well grounded.

 On the other hand, she insists that we need teachers who do not shy away from the politics of the social world in which their practices are located. What is interesting for me is the growth of teachers who are committed to improve their practices and somehow modify those national guidelines to offer their students a better understanding of the real world. To conclude, the next step is to develop a pedagogy that allows us as teachers, to educate and transform those responsive meaning makers, which result even much more difficult but not impossible if we become more engaged with our educational context.