The heart of this study is a detailed narrative account of a
teacher in an inner-city school. For two years, the author
collaborated with an immigrant teacher from the Caribbean, studying
her practice from three perspectives: place--the community and
school landscape; temporality--the history of the school and
current programs; and interaction--the teacher's relationship with
the school, parents, and students. Current ways of examining
multicultural issues focus on the analysis of broad factors
affecting large groups of people. In the process, the individual is
subsumed within catagories and the subtle nuances of experiences
are lost. The narrative approach outlined in the book offers a new
perspective on multiculturalism and research into multicultural
education, one the author terms narrative multiculturalism.
Narrative multiculturalism begins with experience as it is
shaped by the contexts in which people live and work. It is also
shaped by broader societal and global forces. In this approach,
multiculturalism is viewed as a fluid process, continually
evolving, changing, and transforming. Narrative multiculturalism
develops an in-depth understanding of individual experiences and
thereby creates an alternate perspective on multiculturalism.
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