White Teacher Paperback by Vivian Gussin Paley

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press (2000-03-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 160 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674002739
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white teacher."

About the Author

Vivian Gussin Paley (1929–2019), a longtime classroom teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, was a MacArthur Fellow and winner of the 1998 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement.