'Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times shares the stories of students and a professor in a Cultural Foundations of Education Course. Storytellers in this volume grapple with issues of white privilege, racial microaggressions, bullying , cultural barriers, immigration, and other forms of struggle in educational settings. The disciplinary backgrounds of the authors are diverse: Psychology, Communication Studies, Higher Education Administration, and Educational Foundations. The authors write stories about their role(s) in resisting (or failing to resist) hegemony, and their contributions draw attention to critical problems scholars and practitioners find in 21st century schooling.
This anthology was planned, written, and edited by course participants. The stories shared in each chapter were completely at the discretion of the author. By making themselves vulnerable, participants investigated stories that mattered to them. This book engages a community of critical voices in an uncritical age.’
Spis treści
Foreword; Preface; Letter to a Rural White; Karma Doesn’t Have to Be a Bitch: Justice-Oriented Lessons I Learned through Death and Introspection; “Micro(act)gressions”: Real Lessons Learned from Fake Dialogue; “Mis-Education”: Why Teachers Need Foundations of Education Courses; Overcoming Cultural Barriers: Reflection of a Saudi Arabian International Student in the United States; Judging Stories: Narrative Value in Scholarships; One Unheard Voice from the Shadows; Academic Hazing: A Reflection of My First Year Teaching at a Predominantly White Institution; We Are Not “Cordwood”: Critical Stories and the Two-Tier System in U.S. Higher Education; Mr. Dolce Gabbana; Tapping a Dry Well: A Closer Look at Rural Education Philanthropy; After the Love Is Gone: A Coda on the Importance of Critical Storytelling in Uncritical Times; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index.