Promover la conciencia de género en los profesores de las aulas de ELT en los YMCA English Fun Clubs

Abstract

This internship paper reflects on and implements pedagogical practices aimed at overcoming barriers faced by individuals of diverse sexes and genders in public school academic spaces. Several pedagogical proposals were developed to create safe and supportive environments for identity development within classrooms, through an analysis of the gender concept from various authors and contemporary, decolonial perspectives, which integrate English Language Teaching (ELT) as a crucial agent in redefining what it means to be a woman or a man. Teachers from a complementary education program in the municipality of Soacha were significantly impacted. This work was conducted as part of a program that supported over three thousand students in various public schools in 2023, in collaboration with the YMCA Colombia organization.