TEACHING DESPITE THE CONTEXT [ENSEÑAR A PESAR DEL CONTEXTO]

Abstract

A student teacher started his internship on English education in a public school from Colombia. He used the Eclectic approach to achieve the learning goals he set. The students managed to obtain great results on their assignments, but after the grades were delivered, students demonstrated that in the end they did not truly learn. And this is not just about what happens between the teacher and the students, there are more situations involved: How to properly teach in a context where students are not willing to learn, teachers do not have fair salary and health insurance, institutions depend completely on the government, and the government does not really support education? Teaching despite this context is what a teacher should do, then. At least until a change in the education system arrives by result of the teachers’ actions.