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Examines the complex cultural transitions that children make as they move between the cultures of home and school. 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 diversity engages us in continual renegotiation of the personal and social. The perspectives of educators and of teacher candidates are presented, and the construction of cultural identity and its impact on schools, explored. In illuminating the complicated nature of cultural transitions and the obligation of schools to create places in which children and families of diverse backgrounds can thrive, they highlight how multiculturalism can play a transformative role in the lives of children and schools. Must reading for educators and graduate students in education, school psychology, guidance and counseling.Product Identifiers
PublisherABC-Clio
ISBN-139780897898713
eBay Product ID (ePID)95101979
Product Key Features
SubjectSocial Sciences, Teaching
Publication Year2002
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameRethinking Multicultural Education: Case Studies in Cultural Transition
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorCarol Korn-Bursztyn, Alberto M. Bursztyn
FormatPaperback
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
EditorCarol Korn-Bursztyn, Alberto M. Bursztyn