Perspectivas de los estudiantes sobre la construcción de la paz a través de las prácticas de literacidad en los medios

Abstract

Observations of high school students in a Colombian public institution in the south of Bogotá showed that they faced personal conflicts with partners and authority role models (teachers and parents). They seem to naturalize and legitimize violence encoded in their everyday interactions. This research reports a qualitative, descriptive, and interpretive study that sought to understand high school students´ perspectives about peace that are collectively created when involved in EFL media literacy practices. The pedagogical intervention is built on the principles of media literacy and integrated social studies and EFL. The curricular platform supported all instructional activities and allowed using different forms of knowledge representation that facilitated the elaboration of students’ ideas about peace. Data collection included artifacts and field notes of all sessions. Preliminary findings suggest that students transform their understandings of peace as they collectively work with their families and close people. These re-constructions contributed to creating students’ inner sense of peace. Participants demonstrated freedom to express their feelings and discuss the importance of mental health, particularly during the quarantine caused by Covid-19.