Imperiale, M. G. (2017) A capability approach to language education in the Gaza Strip: “To plant hope in a land of despair”. Critical Multilingualism Studies, 5(1), pp. 37-58.
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Abstract
This article proposes a shift away from competence models (Byram 1997) toward a more holistic approach in language education. Drawing on original critical participatory action research with English teachers in the Gaza Strip (Palestine), Imperiale argues that the capability approach (Sen 1985; Nussbaum 2000) offers a potential framework for understanding and co-constructing language education in precarious circumstances such as those in Gaza. The participants in this study are followed through their process of nourishing what Nussbaum (2006) considers the three capabilities in education: affiliation, narrative imagination and critical examination. Their work also nurtured the further capability of voice and agency, which, in the specific context of Gaza, intersects with acts of aesthetic, cultural and linguistic resistance.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Imperiale, Dr Maria Grazia |
Authors: | Imperiale, M. G. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Creativity Culture and Faith |
Journal Name: | Critical Multilingualism Studies |
Publisher: | University of Arizona, Department of German Studies |
ISSN: | 2325-2871 |
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