Quiz on Santana-Williamson (2000)

What is the main goal of critical pedagogy in TESOL?

• To improve only linguistic competence

• To provide politically neutral education

• To empower students and promote critical awareness

• To focus solely on grammar teaching

Which term does Paulo Freire use to criticize traditional education where teachers “deposit” knowledge into students?

• Critical literacy

• Banking education

• Functional pedagogy

• Empowerment model

Why does critical pedagogy argue that education should be transformative?

• Because it helps students adapt to the dominant group

• Because it prepares learners only for exams

• Because addressing problems alone may lead to pessimism, but transformation promotes action

• Because transformation ensures uniform teaching methods

Which historical movement in the U.S. contributed to “English-only” policies in education during the early 20th century?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The rise of nativism and xenophobia

• The feminist movement

• The Frankfurt School

Who is most often regarded as the “father of critical pedagogy”?

• Antonio Gramsci

• John Dewey

• Paulo Freire

• Henry Giroux

Which of the following is NOT one of the main tenets of critical pedagogy?

• No education is politically neutral

• Education should be empowering

• Education should reproduce the existing system

• Education should promote “conscientization”

What does “conscientization,” a central idea in Freire’s work, mean?

• Memorizing and reciting social issues

• Raising critical awareness of inequalities

• Ignoring political issues in education

• Training teachers to follow fixed curricula

Which philosopher emphasized the role of culture and introduced the “zone of proximal development”?

• Immanuel Kant

• Karl Marx

• Lev Vygotsky

• Michel Foucault

According to critical pedagogy, dialogue in education should be understood as:

• Teacher giving instructions to students

• Interactive and transformative conversations

• Repetition of the teacher’s knowledge

• Silence and passive learning

How does critical pedagogy suggest curriculum should be designed?

• Top-down by administrators only

• Based on Anglo-American materials

• Through participatory approaches involving students and teachers

• By focusing on standardized testing