Exclusionary practices of English language teaching departments in Turkey
Radical pedagogy, British colonialism and neoliberalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8858152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eser Ördem (0000-0001-9529-4045, Department of Translation and Interpreting, Gultepe Mahallesi, Adana Alpaslan Türkes Bilim ve Teknoloji Universitesi, Adana, Turkey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 170-182 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2021.1888710 |
| OpenAlex | W3133184822 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 28 |
This study problematizes English language teaching departments (ELT) in Turkey that have ignored the importance of radical pedagogy, the history of British colonialism and neoliberalism in the curriculum because Orientalist, Occidentalist and neoliberal discourses have led to the exclusion of critical discourses in ELT in Turkey. Therefore, the possible reasons for the absence of some curricular topics present a complicated structural problem. Exclusionary practices of ELT departments can be ascribed to Turkey’s political regimes that have reinforced both nation-state ideology and Anglo-American neoliberal policies. The English language has also been reified as a gateway to westernization and globalization under the feeling of urgency and fear of falling behind. Therefore, the spread of English has been allowed in almost all spheres of life even if neglecting local, national and international languages has violated linguistic human rights. This paper proposes that the dominance of English can be deconstructed by including radical pedagogy and the history of British colonialism and neoliberalism into the curriculum and by prioritizing linguistic human rights to allow more space for the survival of other languages
Colonialism · Curriculum · Globalization · Hegemony · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy
The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
Discipline and Punish
Marxism and Schooling
The Linguistic Imperialism of Neoliberal Empire 1
Archaeology of Knowledge
Myths and realities of ‘global’ English
The British Council and cultural propaganda in the United States, 1938–1945
Education as Battleground
Educational reform in Turkey
Critical pedagogy and second language education
Research on foreign language teaching and learning in Turkey (2005–2009)
Teacher Education as a Counterpublic Sphere
Elusive Images of the Other
Occidentalism in Turkey
Brief History of Neoliberalism
Globalizing English
A sociolinguistic analysis of the present dimensions of English as a foreign language in Turkey
Occidentalism
English in Turkey
World Englishes in the Turkish sociolinguistic context
English in Turkey
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |