Teacher Education and the Cultural Imagination: Autobiography, Conversation, and Narrative

by Julie deTar and Susan Florio-Ruane

Book Overview

Making culture a more central concept in the texts and contexts of teacher education is the focus of this book. It is a rich account of the author's investigation of teacher book club discussions of ethnic literature, specifically ethnic autobiography--as a genre from which teachers might learn about culture, literacy, and education in their own and others' lives, and as a form of conversation and literature-based work that might be sustainable and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805823751
• ISBN13: 9780805823752
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"