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Publication Date: 2004
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Autobiography of a Teacher: A Journey toward Critical Multiculturalism
Ramsey, Sarah J.
Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, v2 n3 p45-52 Spr 2004
Many of us do not realize the prejudices we learn by living our lives. However, through reflection we can understand who we are, why we are that way, and how we can change. As a teacher I naively believed that I had transcended prejudicial thinking and acting. Yet, through much reflection during my doctoral program, I came to understand myself from a new perspective. By revisiting my white privilege, being the other, and my place as an educator, I unfold the invisible construction of myself. This both personal and cultural autobiography challenges others to look behind the invisible veil of their own social construction of self so that new understandings are possible. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Autobiographies, Bias, Reflective Teaching, Whites, Doctoral Programs, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Attitudes
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Language: English
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