Luisa, Transforming Personal Visions to Ensure Better Education for All Children. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campos, Esther Roca; Gómez, Aitor; Burgués, Ana
• Other Names: Soler Marta guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 21:Number 10(2015)
• Page Start: 843
• Page End: 850
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: training teaching -- dialogic pedagogical gatherings -- communicative biography -- teacher transformation -- educational and social impact; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800415614026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

The biography of Luisa, a teacher participating in the dialogic pedagogical gatherings of Valencia, allows us to analyze those elements associated with these Dialogic Gatherings (DGs) that made it possible to radically transform Luisa's feelings and thoughts, becoming a protagonist in the socio-educational movement in Valencia. This biographical study under a communicative approach shows how the gatherings led Luisa to initiate a process of transformation, not only becoming a happier and freer person, but also to dream of utopias of social creation. In this communicative biography, the key elements that enable teachers such as Luisa to become capable of leading educational movements based on validity claims, equality, and commitment to high quality education for all children are analyzed.