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Title: White Teacher (with a New Preface) by Vivian Gussin Paley ISBN: 0-674-00273-3 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: truthfulness is liberating
Comment: What struck me about the book is the author's willingess to be open about her lack of understanding about racial barriers. The writing is self-reflective without being self-loathing.It's honest and very engaging.
Rating: 5
Summary: Multicultural Education
Comment: In White Teacher, Vivian Gussin Paley describes her experiences as a young teacher. She tells of her reactions when faced with a classroom full of children who are different from her. By recounting her experiences as a child and reflecting upon them, she is able to better understand why certain children behave in certain ways. These reflections, given in a narrative form, inform the reader of the thought processes of Paley. Through these examples, one is able to better understand what the author was experiencing.
Paley's intention is to prepare future readers for the experiences she has had by giving the reader her reactions to them. She tells the reader what worked to make a bad situation better, as well as what did not. Most of the cultural differences Paley describes occur between her, a Jew of European descent and the African-American children in her classes. However, many of the lessons and principles used apply to all children. Her examples include children with different learning styles; comments taken out of context; children who are excluded from a group and those forming the groups based on a singular characteristic. The majority of the classroom settings are in half-day kindergartens.
This is a wonderful book for anyone who has ever had, or will face a multicultural situation - that would include pretty much all of us. There is an added value in this book for potential teachers. Paley shows how to effectively validate children's perceptions of the world and make them feel value and self-worth.
Rating: 5
Summary: lovingly and brutally honest
Comment: I stand in awe of Vivian Paley for the amazing self honesty she displays in examining her deep down attitudes towards race, which so many people would rather mouth cliches and not face up to. This book should be read in conjunction with Kwanzaa And Me, where the author continues to grow and change in her perspective. This book should be read by people of all races in all professions, not just teaching.
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Title: Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa D. Delpit ISBN: 1565841808 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Gussin Paley ISBN: 0674965906 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: The Girl With the Brown Crayon by Vivian Gussin Paley ISBN: 0674354427 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools (Multicultural Education Series (New York, N.Y.).) by Gary R. Howard ISBN: 080773800X Publisher: Teachers College Pr Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: The Dreamkeepers : Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings ISBN: 0787903388 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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