Dreaming of a Place Called Home: Local and International Perspectives on Teacher Education and School Diversity
Greg Wiggan, "Dreaming of a Place Called Home: Local and International Perspectives on Teacher Education and School Diversity"
2016 | ISBN-10: 9463004394, 9463004408 | 146 pages | PDF | 5 MB
2016 | ISBN-10: 9463004394, 9463004408 | 146 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book auto-ethnographically explores the experiences of students and teachers both locally and globally, while addressing the critical intersection of race, class, and gender in education. It explores diversity perspectives on schools and society in Japan, the United States, Bahamas, and Jamaica in regards to living and attending schools in a foreign country; being an international minority student in the U.S.; and being a minority teacher in U.S. public schools. In doing so, the book addresses minority experiences as it seeks to promote agency and advocacy for the underserved both locally and globally, and making the world more humane and inclusive through education. It acknowledges that we live in a global society, and as such, we must become global citizens and ambassadors of the world in which we live.