Description
Narrative and Experience in Multicultural Education explores the untapped potential that narrative and experiential approaches have for understanding multicultural issues in education. The research featured in the book reflects an exciting new way of thinking about human experience. The studies focus on the lives of students, teachers, parents, and communities, highlighting experiences seldom discussed in the literature. Most importantly, the work emphasizes the understanding of experience and transforming this understanding into social and educational significance.
Table of Contents
Preface - JoAnn Phillion, Ming Fang He and F. Michael Connelly
Chapter 1: The Potential of Narrative and Experiential Approaches in Multicultural Inquiries - JoAnn Phillion, Ming Fang He and F. Michael Connelly
Unit One: Personal Narrative, Community Narrative and the African American Experience
Chapter 2: Examining School-Community Connections Through Stories
- Saundra Murray Nettles
Chapter 3: Black Women Writing Autobiography: Autobiography in Multicultural Education - Meta Y. Harris
Unit Two: Latina/Latino Communities, Families, and Children
Chapter 4: Being Educated in the Absence of Multiculturalism - Alma Rubal-Lopez and Angela Anselmo
Chapter 5: Between the Telling and the Told: Latina Mothers Negotiate Education in New Borderlands - Sofia A. Villenas
Unit Three: Social Justice, Equality and the Education of Native Americans
Chapter 6: White Teachers, Native Students: Rethinking Culture-Based Education - Mary Hermes
Chapter 7: Journey Toward Social Justice: Curriculum Change and Educational Equity in a Navajo Community - Donna Deyhle
Unit Four: Multicultural Teacher Education in International Contexts
Chapter 8: Teachers as Transformative Healers: Struggles With the Complexities of the Democratic Sphere - Lourdes Diaz Soto
Chapter 9: How is Education Possible When There's a Body in the Middle of the Room? - Freema Elbaz-Luwisch
Chapter 10: Multicultural Perspectives in Teacher Development - Grace Feuerverger
Unit Five: Narrative Inquiry in Multicultural Education
Chapter 11: The World in My Text: A Quest for Pluralism - Carola Conle
Chapter 12: The Art of Narrative Inquiry: Embracing Emotion and Seeing Transformation - Chris Liska Carger
Unit Six: Democracy, School Life, and Community in Multicultural Societies
Chapter 13: Narrative Inquiry Into Multicultural Life in an Inner-City Community School - F. Michael Connelly, JoAnn Phillion, and Ming Fang He
Chapter 14: Creating Communities of Cultural Imagination: Negotiating a Curriculum of Diversity - Janice Huber, M. Shaun Murphy, and D. Jean Clandinin
Chapter 15: Narrative and Experiential Approaches to Multiculturalism in Education: Democracy and Education - Ming Fang He, JoAnn Phillion, and F. Michael Connelly
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
