Effects of technology-enhanced CLIL-based environmental learning projects on school students' learning outcomes in the public sector

In Colombia, bilingual education has become a vibrant topic of interest, offering a common ground for academic discussions among scholars, policy-makers, stakeholders, and the public in general. The discussions revolve around the definition of bilingualism in a multicultural country such as Colombia, and how bilingual practices should be implemented in the private and public sectors. The government has tried to promote bilingual programmes at all educational levels in order to comply with their short and long-term policies and national plans, state schools (in this thesis referring to schools in the public sector) being a decisive element in this endeavour. These schools, as opposed to those in the private sector, have recently embarked on the journey of becoming bilingual. Therefore, there is a need to implement innovative teaching approaches, such as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), in state-run schools, in order to contribute to governmental bilingual programmes and to bridge the gap between the private and public education sectors. The present study aims at contributing to the success of this endeavour by analysing the effects of technology-enhanced CLIL-based environmental learning projects on state secondary school students- learning outcomes. The research used CLIL to integrate content (Science) and language (English) to foster the use of the target language as a vehicle of communication. A combination of mixed-methods and action research was used to collect and analyse both qualitative and quantitative data. The main findings of the study reflect an understanding of the cultural dimension of CLIL through the lens of scientific citizenship, a positive perception of the pedagogical intervention from the study participants, and a validation of scientific literacy as fundamental to develop research skills and to empower learners with the language required to communicate with wider audiences

• Autores: Garzón Díaz, Edgar Alonso
• Tipo de recurso: Doctoral thesis
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/38708
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/38708
• Palabra clave: Enseñanza bilingüe - Investigaciones - Colombia; Adquisición de segundo lenguaje - Investigaciones - Colombia; Artes del lenguaje - Relación con las materias de estudio; Educación / Licenciaturas
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional