Bringing Memory Forward

Teresa Strong-Wilson

ISBN 10: 0820488747 / ISBN 13: 9780820488745

Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2007, 2007

Beschreibung

Neuware -Bringing Memory Forward looks at the application of the method of currere to storied formation. Research tells us that white teachers are among the most recalcitrant of learners when it comes to challenging their own memories and experiences of privilege and race. This book examines how white teachers can recognize and critique their constructions of «difference», and asks what it is that white teachers are so attached to that makes such critique difficult. The book goes on to discuss the processes that might be set in motion to bring these attachments into question in such a way that the learner (namely, the teacher) does not feel alienated and paralyzed by her «thoughtlessness» but instead is moved to think and act. Through elaborating a method called «bringing memory forward» that emerged from self-study methodologies and a teacher action research project, Teresa Strong-Wilson draws attention to the significance of stories, and critical engagement with stories, in social justice education with teachers. 200 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780820488745

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Bringing Memory Forward
• Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2007
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0820488747
• ISBN-13: 9780820488745
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 230B x 160 H x 12 T Millimeter Breite: 230 mm, Höhe: 160 mm, Tiefe: 12 mm
• Gewicht: 315 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Bringing Memory Forward looks at the application of the method of currere to storied formation. Research tells us that white teachers are among the most recalcitrant of learners when it comes to challenging their own memories and experiences of privilege and race. This book examines how white teachers can recognize and critique their constructions of "difference", and asks what it is that white teachers are so attached to that makes such critique difficult. The book goes on to discuss the processes that might be set in motion to bring these attachments into question in such a way that the learner (namely, the teacher) does not feel alienated and paralyzed by her "thoughtlessness" but instead is moved to think and act. Through elaborating a method called "bringing memory forward" that emerged from self-study methodologies and a teacher action research project, Teresa Strong-Wilson draws attention to the significance of stories, and critical engagement with stories, in social justice education with teachers.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Teresa Strong-Wilson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education in the Faculty of Education at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.