Going Inward

The Role of Cultural Introspection in College Teaching

Susan Diana Longerbeam, Alicia Fedelina Chávez, Shirley R. Steinberg, Norman K. Denzin, Susan Diana Longerbeam, Alicia Fedelina Chávez

• Editorial: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Año: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781453918494
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Didattica
• Categoría: Vita studentesca

Going Inward is a pragmatic text for faculty in all disciplines who desire to deepen their reflection on teaching. Through the culturally introspective writings of faculty in a variety of academic disciplines, readers will gain a deeper understanding of faculty cultural influences on college teaching and student learning. This book introduces readers to cultural self-reflection as a powerful tool for insight into how our values and beliefs from our cultural and familial upbringing influence our teaching practice. Cultural self-reflection is a process for generating insights and empathy toward serving students from backgrounds and cultures both similar to and different from one's own. The integrated design of the book's three parts – cultural introspection, faculty culture and teaching autobiographies, and developing a culturally introspective practice – makes this book helpful to teaching faculty and academic administrators.