Narrativas multimodales y voces de los estudiantes en prácticas de comunidad en tiempos de covid-19

Abstract

This participatory action research (PAR) involves young ESL students and teachers as co-researchers in the exploration of community issues in particular-situated practices in the outstanding situation of Covid-19. PAR responds to the need to connect students and families´ realities in quarantine with school curriculum delivered through a remote teaching and learning in Ciudad Bolivar a large neighborhood in the southeast of Bogotá. In this study, I unveiled students’ voices in inquiry tasks, reflections and multimodal writing about key issues that affected them and their families´ lives. Data were collected during ten months through, students’ focus interviews and seven multimodal texts such as infographics, audiobooks, research brochures, videos, virtual magazines, local tv news, and 3D handcraft infographics. The results showed students´ engagement, participation, collaboration and involvement of families and community members in economy, health, and environmental issues during quarantine. Students´ voices revealed initiatives about caring for people, the environment and health that merged content areas as Math, Spanish and English working together. Additionally, students’ outcomes far exceeded remote teaching and learning challenges allowing access, opportunities, and education for everyone involved.