White Teacher

Type

Book

Authors

Vivian Gussin Paley

ISBN 10

0674002733

ISBN 13

9780674002739

Tags

African-American Studies, Instruction Methods, Early Childhood Education, Student Life, Education, Social Sciences

Description

Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white teacher." - from Amzon

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