Overview
- Applies the innovative framework of Narrative Inquiry to explore a teacher's personal and professional identity
- Affirms teacher personal experiential histories as central to shaping educational theories and practices
- Provides mutual understanding and reciprocal learning of Chinese and Western education
Part of the book series: Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education (IRLCWE)
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“Being Westernized Chinese, Eng taught herself to explore her and her students' complex identities---the "fluid in-betweenness," in the "fusion of East and West." She shares with her students the wish to be accepted and to belong on their own terms. Through experiences of China, Hong Kong, and California, she traces the evolution of her commitment to herself and her students to claim and depend on an honest plurality of personal and cultural identities” (Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist Wellesley Centers for Women Wellesley College, USA)
“The personal stories told in this book reflect many past and current experiences of those who dwell in multiple places and identities. This book is an extremely valuable reference for those teachers who are living and teaching internationally when they want to reflect on their personal practical knowledge” (Dr. Xuefeng (Leo) Huang, The University of Windsor, UK)
“… the crushing “hollow bamboo” experience parallels other Asians’ equally disturbing cases of being called a “banana” (looking Eastern from the outside while acting Western from the inside). How does one deal with prejudice and discrimination simultaneously stemming from family and society-at-large amid transition? How does one negotiate perplexing phenomena not of one’s making? I highly commend this illuminative book whose lessons will stick long after its reading” (Cheryl J. Craig, Professor and Endowed Chair of Urban Education, Texas A&M University, USA)
“Personal Narratives of Teacher Knowledge: Crossing Cultures, Crossing Identities challenges readers' assumptions of multicultural issues by offering author’s cultural experience and academic perspective. It provides compelling narratives for teachers, teacher candidates, and policy makers in raising awareness, enhancing understandings, and promoting insights into the opportunities and challenges of culturally responsive education” (Diana K. Kwok, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
“Through a metaphor of Juk Sing (hollow bamboo), Betty Eng narrates and reflects on her professional and personal experiences that reveal how teacher knowledge may be constructed and construed in the in-betweenness of identities and cultures over time and space. This book is invaluable to all educators, policy makers and other stakeholders in the field who are striving for better understanding and practice of learning, teaching and education in a global age” (Jun Li, Professor, Western University, Canada and Vice President, Comparative and International Education Society)
“The storytelling and personal experiences are an empowering and compelling way to recover and reclaim our community's history, culture and identity. The book is highlyrelevant to understanding learners for teachers and policy makers” (Satsuki Ina, Community Activist for Social Justice Co-organizer, Tsuru for Solidarity, USA)
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Book Title: Personal Narratives of Teacher Knowledge
Book Subtitle: Crossing Cultures, Crossing Identities
Authors: Betty C. Eng
Series Title: Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82032-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82031-2Published: 17 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82034-3Published: 18 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82032-9Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-417X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-4188
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 222
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, International and Comparative Education, Asian Culture