Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional AgencyISBN: 978-0-7879-6514-3
Hardcover
368 pages
April 2003, Jossey-Bass
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To help both new and seasoned teachers to become more effective
with their students from diverse backgrounds, Becoming
Multicultural Educators edited by Geneva Gay, offers fourteen
compelling stories from different regions, cultures, ethnic groups,
and stages of professional and personal growth in developing
multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. One contributing
author declares community participation and social activism are the
keys to his professional growth. For another, multicultural
understanding comes when she learns to unveil the masks of
insidious negative stereotypes. Through these stories, we share
their struggles as these educators come to understand diversity
among ethnic groups and cultures, resolve conflicts between
curricular and multicultural goals, and find authentic models and
mentors for their students. But most important, we learn how this
laudatory group of educators has come to realize that they need to
know themselves if they are to truly know their students.
Well-grounded in education theory, Becoming Multicultural
Educators is both personal and inspiring. This is the book that
will help teachers, and those who prepare them, blossom as
educators and human beings.