Open AccessCriticality and English Language Education: An Autoethnographic Journey
Author(s) -
Raúl Alberto Mora
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0120-5927
DOI - 10.19183/how.28.3.682
Subject(s) - autoethnography , sociology , criticality , social justice , field (mathematics) , english language , critical theory , pedagogy , psychology , epistemology , social science , mathematics education , philosophy , physics , mathematics , nuclear physics , pure mathematics
This article, relying on a series of epiphanies throughout my journey as a researcher and scholar-activist, shares my relationship with criticality and how it has guided my research and teaching agendas. I share how critical theories have informed my main research areas and the questions and issues I have raised in my own work. The article also discusses my main scholarly influences and how my interactions with varied literature, mentors, and colleagues have shaped my own criticality. I also take a moment to reflect on how this journey has helped the field of language education in Colombia to continue with the evolution toward stronger critical and social justice-oriented frameworks and how I see my changing positionality as mentor and ally of colleagues and the future cadres of scholars moving forward.