Abstract

ORTIZ ROJAS, Viviana Paola; ROMERO MENDEZ, Omar Augusto  and  PABON GUTIERREZ, Martha Stella. Enhancing Critical Consciousness in Deaf Education Teacher UPN through Forum Theater. Aleth. rev. desarro. hum. educ. soc. contemp. [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.1, pp.69-88. ISSN 2145-0366.

The aim of the research presented in this article is to enhance the critical conscience of a group of six deaf students of pedagogical careers through films as a methodological and didactic tool. The project proposes four film cycles designed according to the communicative and educational characteristics of the group. Through each cycle, students are addressed to discern, analyze and discuss different problems and situations in the social and educative field that face them with their being and with their role as teachers. The research employs an Action Research in Education (IAE) design and qualitative data analysis. In order to analyze the results, we use the categories of cinema, text comprehension, critical consciousness, and teaching role, based on the theoretical foundations of Freire. The results show that students develop awareness from the magical level to the critical one, which helps to improve self-construction as a subject and as a future teacher. This also contributes to society by engaging reflective, critical, creative, and change agent teachers.

Keywords : deaf person; film; critical awareness; teaching role.

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