Workshop: The Pedagogy of Degrowth: Teaching Language and Culture as if People and The Planet Mattered

Workshop: The Pedagogy of Degrowth: Teaching Language and Culture as if People and The Planet Mattered

Grant:
Instructional Development Fund (IDF)
Academic Year:
2023 - 2024 (June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024)
Funding Requested:
$500.00
Project Dates:
-
Applicant(s):
galvanm
Overview of the Project:
We are seeking funds in order to sponsor a workshop on “The Pedagogy of Degrowth: Teaching Language and Culture as if People and The Planet Mattered”, by Professor Prádanos. While the workshop is designed for Romance Languages and Literatures faculty and staff of 5 languages (Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese), it will be opened to other university members, as the topic is appropriate for a diverse audience. This event aims to provide attendees with tools to rethink their teaching practices in the language classroom. “The Pedagogy of Degrowth” core theme has been analyzed and divulged by Professor Prádanos. This approach to teaching states that deep critical discussion can only happen after the students unlearn the concepts that they have acquired throughout their learning and have been ingrained in their lives. This workshop will consist of a lecture and a practical component in which attendees will create an activity, which they will be able to apply and implement in their classrooms, regardless of the language they teach. This initiative is connected to the course Spanish 231 Topics: Ecologia y Activismo, created with the ultimate goal of discussing topics related to ecology and connected with the DEI Strategic plan unfolded at the University of Michigan.
Final Report Fields
Project Objectives:

The objective of this event was to provide attendees with tools to rethink their teaching practices in the language classroom. “The Pedagogy of Degrowth” core theme has been analyzed and divulged by Professor Prádanos. This approach to teaching states that deep critical discussion can only happen after the students unlearn the concepts that they have acquired throughout their learning and have been ingrained in their lives. This workshop consisted of a lecture and a practical component in which attendees created an activity. This initiative is connected to the course Spanish 231 Topics: Ecologia y Activismo, created with the ultimate goal of discussing topics related to ecology and connected with the DEI Strategic plan unfolded at the University of Michigan.

Project Achievements:

This workshop was attended by 18 RLL faculty, language instructors, and graduate students. The lecture opened a deep conversation between attendees who lively expressed their interest and enthusiasm about this pedagogy approach. Their comments were very positive, and I received emails after the lecture in which they expressed their gratitude and interest in future events around related topics. 

The message had great repercussions in other conversations around RLL.

Continuation:
No
Dissemination:
There is a video of the lecture available on the Canvas site, shared by the LRC. The link has also been shared with other instructors via email.
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