In this paper, a teacher-educator and two students of a B.A. program in foreign language teaching (English and French) of a public university in Colombia discuss our pedagogical experiences in a research seedbed. First, we present the conceptualizations underlying our analysis: research seedbeds, undergraduate research education, and curriculum as a process. Second, we describe our contextual background. Third, we analyze our experiences using three themes: creating and recreating curriculum, negotiating the official and non-official curriculum, and taking positions as teacher-researchers. We conclude that research seedbeds can broaden the pedagogical repertoire of undergraduate research education in foreign language programs and that it becomes necessary to conduct studies in this area in Colombia.
Los semilleros de Investigación se han consolidado como una de las principales estrategias de formación en investigación en la Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA) y en Colombia. La trayectoria de este movimiento ha sido bien sistematizada y elaborada teóricamente. Sin embargo, existe poca información y registro sobre los semilleros de Investigación en la UdeA Seccional Oriente (UdeA SO), una sede regional de la universidad ubicada en el oriente del departamento de Antioquia. Con el objetivo de hacer un ejercicio de reflexión sobre la experiencia de esta estrategia en la UdeA SO, dos miembros de un semillero de investigación de este campus universitario llevamos a cabo el proyecto de investigación cualitativa que presentamos en este artículo. En este reporte hacemos, primero, un recorrido histórico y conceptual por la estrategia de semilleros de investigación en la UdeA, así como un recuento histórico del contexto de la UdeA SO. Seguidamente presentamos tres momentos históricos relevantes en el origen, consolidación, y expansión de los semilleros de investigación en la UdeA SO, mostrando cómo diferentes condiciones administrativas y de infraestructura han propiciado la expansión de la estrategia. A partir de este recuento histórico buscamos derivar unos aprendizajes, identificando aspectos que han favorecido y limitado el desarrollo de la estrategia de semilleros de investigación en las condiciones particulares de esta sede universitaria, y algunas perspectivas de trabajo futuro. Para concluir, señalamos que esta estrategia puede ayudar a consolidar la investigación como eje misional en la UdeA SO, para lo cual sería necesario propiciar la vinculación de docentes-investigadores, la creación de grupos de investigación y de líneas de investigación locales.
This action research study sought to foster dialogic action through the expansion of English language learners’ communicative repertoires in a 6th-grade class at a public school in a Colombian town. During the first action research cycle, the restricted concept of communication of the grammar-based syllabus and the competitive and violent interactions between the learners were identified as key issues to address. From a critical perspective of pedagogy and literacy, this study understands that communication in language education should transcend the use of a standard target language, and include multiple linguistic codes and multimodal representative forms. Considering these principles and the issues identified, we designed an action plan for the second action research cycle. This plan consisted of activities that sought to expand English language learners’ communicative repertoires and promote reflections on violence and conflict resolution through the analysis and creation of different visual representations. Data were collected through journal entries, semi-structured interviews, and students’ artifacts. Findings show how the learners have a diverse and differentiated access to communicative repertoires and how they manipulated available representations to transform meanings. As a conclusion, not enough evidence of the emergence of dialogic action was found since competitiveness and violent interactions in the classroom did not significantly change during the intervention. Nonetheless, embracing the learners’ communicative practices created spaces for reflection on complex social and moral topics in the classroom, even if their English linguistic resources were still limited.
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