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Book Synopsis
Korn and Bursztyn and their contributors examine the cultural transitions that children make as they move between the cultures of home and school. To better understand these transitions, they explore how educators understand their students' shifting experiences and examine how educators also negotiate transitions as they too move from home to school each day. The narratives or case studies reflect this shifting gaze: from child, to teacher, to parents, and take up the various relational configurations that these can form, amongst and between each other. They turn a critical eye toward instances of classroom practice and school life, connecting personal knowledge with school change. In some cases, the authors draw directly on autobiographical material, linking these to a reflective approach to teaching.
Avoiding the celebratory tone that often attends discussions of multiculturalism, the authors address how diverstiy engages us in continual renegotiation of the pers
Table of Contents
Foreword: Exploring a Transformative Multiculturalism--Justice in a Zeitgeist of Despair by Joe L. Kincheloe Preface by Alberto M. Bursztyn Introsuction: Cultural Transitions and Curricular Transformations by Carol Korn Silenced Voices: A Case of Racial and Cultural Intolerance in the Schools by Deborah Nelson and Margaret R. Rogers Redefining School Culture: Creating New Traditions for Bicultural Students by Vernita Zubia and Beth Doll Issues of Class and Race in Education: A Personal Narrative by Cheryl C. Holcomb-McCoy Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge: The Geography of Social and Cultural Transitions by Carol Korn An Ecological Perspective on Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Classrooms by Helen Johnson Facing the Terror Within: Exploring the Personal in Multicultural Education by Peter Taubman Transforming the Deficit Narrative: Race, Class, and Social Capital in Parent-School Relations by Hollyce C. Giles The Path to Academic Disability: Jacier's School Experience by Alberto Bursztyn Conclusion: Reflections on Collective Identities by Alberto Bursztyn Further Readings Index
