Jairo Enrique Castañeda Trujillo

Jairo Enrique Castañeda is a teacher educator who currently works as an associate professor of the Foreign Language Teaching Program at Universidad Surcolombiana. He started his career in the field of ELT upon completing his B.A. in Spanish and English at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in 2003. Since then, he has held various positions, including English teacher, teacher educator, materials designer, and research coordinator at recognized private and public institutions.

He holds a Master's in Education degree from Universidad Externado de Colombia. The emphasis chosen for this master's was on English Language Teaching. The degree work was an action research project designed to foster awareness of students' realities through role-plays and simulations. The research was developed with 8th graders from a private school in Bogotá, and the results were published in a local journal in 2010.

In 2012, he started his career as a teacher educator. Since then, he has taught in various initial teacher education programs at different universities, including Universidad de La Salle, Universidad de San Buenaventura-Bogotá, Universidad Distrital, and Universidad Surcolombiana. Additionally, he has served as an invited professor in master's programs at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Universidad Militar, Universidad Distrital, and Universidad Surcolombiana. 

He obtained his PhD in Education with an emphasis on ELT from the Universidad Distrital. His project aimed to explore the identities of future English teachers during their initial teaching careers; the initial ideas for this research were presented in a chapter published in 2018. For future English teachers to actively participate in the research, he decided to use collaborative autoethnography, and the rationale for this choice was described in another chapter published in 2020.

Research projects developed with ILESEARCH

1. Narrativas sobre el ser y el llegar a ser de los profesores en formación en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad Surcolombiana

Research project developed in 2019-2020 sponsored by the Faculty of Education - Main researchers

2. Proceso de fortalecimiento de la identidad cultural de la identidad del Cabildo Indígena Cimarrona Alta 

Social projection project developed in 2020 and sponsored by the Faculty of Education - Main Researcher

3. Affective Factors in the Process of English Language Learning

Research project in charge of the Research Seedbed GAIA and sponsored by Vicerrectoria de Investigación y Proyección Social - Universidad Surcolobiana - Tutor

4. Co-construyendo espacios de mediacion para el fortalecimiento de la identidad cultural de los Tamas, en el resguardo indigena de la Grabriela

Social projection project developed in 2022 and sponsored by the Faculty of Education - Main Researcher

5. Fortalecimiento de las habilidades investigativas de docentes de inglés en instituciones educativas del Huila.

Social projection project developed in 2024-2025 and sponsored by the VIPS - Co-researcher

6. Diseño de lineamientos para una política lingüística universitaria acorde con la realidad ecolingüística glocal y sugerencias para la implementación de su respectiva planificación lingüística. El caso de la Universidad Surcolombiana 

Research project developed in 2024-2026 and sponsored by VIPS - Co-researcher

Publications

Journal Articles

1. Castañeda, J., & Cruz, F. (2012). Through teachers´ eyes: the use of virtual classrooms in ELT. How, 19(1), 76-92. https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/39 

2. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., & Aguirre Hernández, A. J. (2018). Pre-Service English Teachers’ Voices about the Teaching Practicum. How Journal, 25(1), 156-173. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.25.1.420 

3.  Castañeda-Trujillo, J.E. (2019). Los Profesores de Inglés (Re)clamando por un cambio en el concepto de formación inicial de profesores. Enletawa Journal, 12(1), 62-79. https://doi.org/10.19053/2011835X.10381 

4. Cortés-Rozo, E. J., Suárez-Vergara, D. A., & Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2019). Exploring students’ context representations by using songs in English with a social content. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 21(2), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v21n2.77731 

5. Cuervo-Rodríguez, K. A., & Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2021). Dyslexic Individuals’ Narratives on their Process of Becoming English Language Teachers. HOW Journal, 28(2), 79-96. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.28.2.621

6. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2021). Reconstructing a Personal Story about Being a Teacher Educator and a Researcher. HOW Journal, 28(3), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.28.3.678

7. Campos Campos, M. P., Garzón Roa, S., Méndez, M. P., & Castañeda Trujillo, J. E. (2021). A Collaborative Autoethnography on Raciolinguistic Experiences and the Construction of Linguistic Identities During an Intercultural Exchange. GIST – Education and Learning Research Journal, 23, 59–78. https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.976

8. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., & Jaime Osorio, M. F. (2021). Pedagogical Strategies Used by English Teacher Educators to Overcome the Challenges Posed by Emergency Remote Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Íkala, Revista De Lenguaje Y Cultura, 26(3), 697-713. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala/v26n3a12

9. Castañeda Trujillo, J. E. (2021). Taking Stock of Research about Initial English Language Teacher Education in Colombia. Enletawa Journal, 14(2), 51–80. https://doi.org/10.19053/2011835X.14105

10. Castañeda Trujillo, J. E., Alarcón Camacho, E. M., & Jaime Osorio, M. F. (2022). Narratives about Being and Becoming English Language Teachers in an ELT Education Program. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.14483/22487085.17940

11. Castañeda Trujillo, J. E., Forero Figueroa, Ángel A., Álvarez Moya, B. & Yung-Mei, S. (2022). Procesos de fortalecimiento de la identidad cultural del Cabildo Cimarrona Alta. Revista Proyección Social, 5(1), 44-52. https://journalusco.edu.co/index.php/rps/article/view/3358

12. Silva-Perdomo, J. D., Duero-Naranjo, M. S., & Castañeda Trujillo, J. E. (2022). Experiences of English as Foreign Language students using ICT in their learning process. GIST – Education and Learning Research Journal, 24, 141–165. https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.1396

13. Peynado, C. C., Morales-Triviño, M. C., & Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2022). A Collaborative Autoethnography on Being Preservice English Language Teachers Throughout the Bachelor’s Degree. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 24(2), 169–183. https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v24n2.91113

14. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., A.F. López, y M.Molina Santana. (2022). Empirical In-service Teachers’ Identities in an ELT Education Program. Actualidades Pedagógicas, (78), Articúlo 4, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.19052/ap.vol1.iss78.4

15. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., Mosquera-Pérez, J. E. & Rojas-Barreto, L. (2023). EFL student teachers’ renewed comprehension of interculturality and research about interculturality. Issues in Educational Research, 33(1), 23-40. http://www.iier.org.au/iier33/castaneda-trujillo.pdf

16. Gómez, Y & Castañeda, J. (2023). English Language Learners Making Sense of Social Issues through A Critical Literacy Cycle. Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica, (41), e16093. https://doi.org/10.19053/0121053X.n41.2023.16093 

17. Guerrero-Nieto, C. H. & Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2023). Facing neoliberalism in education: How English language teachers enact their critical identities. TESOL Journal, 00, e785. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.785 

18. Trujillo, Y. A., & Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2024). Fostering Mother Language and Cultural Preservation: Perspectives of Three Latina Immigrant Mothers in the United States. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2024.2416058 

19. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., & Losada-Rivas, J. J. (2025). In-service English language teacher-researchers’ ideologies, realities, and practices concerning qualitative research. System, 129, 103566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103566

20. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. y Largo-Rodríguez, J. D. (2025). Tensions and Turning Points: A Narrative Study about Professional Identities of Two Colombian English Teachers, Folios, (61), 71-88. https://doi.org/10.17227/folios.61-20055 

21.  Rojas-Barreto, L. Castañeda-Trujillo J. & Meadows, B. (2025). Fostering Intercultural Competence in Teacher Education: A Tri-National Co-construction Dialogue Experience. Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica, 45, 2025, e17793 https://doi.org/10.19053/uptc.0121053X.n45.2025.17793 

Book chapters

1. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2018). Voices from the South: English Language Pre-Service Teachers' Contributions to ELTE. En H. Castañeda-Peña, C. H. Guerrero, P. Méndez Rivera, A. Castañeda Londoño, A. M. Dávila Rubio, C. A. Arias Cepeda, . . . Y. Samacá, ELT Local Research Agendas I (pp. 192-218). Bogotá: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. https://die.udistrital.edu.co/sites/default/files/doctorado_ud/produccion/voices_from_the_south_english_language_pre-service_teachers_contributions_to_elte.pdf

2. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E., & Rincón L. (2018). Foreign Language Teachers’ Education: Challenges and Implications in Integrating Technologies of Information and Communication. En H. Castañeda (Ed.).  Technology in ELT: Achievements and challenges for ELT development (pp. 75-94). Bogotá: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. https://die.udistrital.edu.co/sites/default/files/doctorado_ud/produccion/foreign_language_teachers_education_challenges_and_implications_in_integrating_technologies_of_information_and_communication.pdf

3. Castañeda-Trujillo, J. E. (2020). Untangling Initial English Teaching Education from Pre-Service Teachers’ Collaborative Autoethnographies. In Methodological uncertainties of research in ELT education I (pp. 219-239). Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. https://die.udistrital.edu.co/sites/default/files/doctorado_ud/produccion/untangling_initial_english_teaching_education_from_pre-service_teachers_collaborative_autoethnographies.pdf

4. Castañeda-Trujillo, J.E. (2023). Breaking the Silence and Empowering English Language Student-Teachers Through Critical Collaborative Autoethnography. In: Guerrero-Nieto, C.H. (eds) Unauthorized Outlooks on Second Languages Education and Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45051-8_7 

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