English Language Education for Social Justice: epistemologies and praxis

Leonardo da Silva; Priscila Fabiane Farias; Graham Crookes

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2025.e109423

Authors

Leonardo da Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-5966
Priscila Fabiane Farias Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5189-904X
Graham Crookes University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4379-8553

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2025.e109423

Abstract

Introduction to the themed dossier, "ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: EPISTEMOLOGIES AND PRAXIS," guest edited by ProfessorsLeonardo da Silva (UFSC), Priscila Fabiane Farias (UFSC), and Graham V. Crookes (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Author Biographies

Leonardo da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Leonardo da Silva is a Professor at Departamento de Língua e Literatura Estrangeiras (Foreign Languages and Literatures Department) at UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and a permanent member of the Graduate Program in English in the same institution. His main research interests include Critical Pedagogy, Task Based Language Teaching and Teaching of English and Portuguese as Additional Languages. He holds a master's degree and a PhD in language studies and his most recent publications focus on critical perspectives and emancipatory practices in language education.

Priscila Fabiane Farias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Priscila Fabiane Farias is a professor at the Departamento de Metodologia de Ensino (Teaching Methodologies Department) at UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and a permanent member of the Graduate Program in English in the same institution. Her main research interests include Critical Language Pedagogy, Task Based Language Teaching and Teacher Education. She holds a master's degree and a PhD in language studies and her most recent publications focus on Critical Language Education.

Graham Crookes, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Second Language Studies. His research activities focus on critical language pedagogy, emotion, motivation, and philosophies of teaching and education.

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