My teaching Portfolio

  Master in Pedagogical Mediation in English Language Learning Why did I choose to study the  Master in Pedagogical Mediation in English Language Learning?      After  teaching English for a long period and be aware that the role of teachers is of fundamental importance to change the current education, I decided to continue my studies as Master in Pedagogical Mediation in English Language Learning, because I believe that this Master´program should give me the tools that I need to change my teacher´s role as a mere transmitter of knowledge.      Education involves more than knowledge; it is a process that transforms the lives of people who has the opportunity to access it. Hence, I feel that I need to offer more than a simple interaction to my students, I would like to change the way that they perceive and understand the world for better. Nevertheless, I can´t deny that the social relations are very complicated, that is why the Magister progra...

Differences between teach and mediate pedagogically Teaching: it is the transmission of information and knowledge from the teacher to the students. Teaching allows the students to assimilate content and accumulate knowledge. According to Contreras (2013), there are two approaches applied to teaching:        Passive transmission : students are considered as recipients who, through o imitation and reiteration, will be able to reproduce the knowledge that was transmitted to them. •         Learners are passive elements. •         The teacher's job is to repeat and make the students repeat. •         Learning is conceived as cumulative, successive, and continuous. •         Oral and visual exposure of the teacher is privileged. •         The student must limit himself/herself to imitate, atten...