Dreaming of a Place Called Home / / edited by Greg Wiggan.

• Superior document: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, A Diversity of Voices,
• HerausgeberIn: Wiggan, Greg.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, A Diversity of Voices,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 124 p.)

"This book auto-ethnographically explores the experiences of students and teachers both locally and globally, while addressing the critical intersection of race, class, and gender in education. It explores diversity perspectives on schools and society in Japan, the United States, Bahamas, and Jamaica in regards to living and attending schools in a foreign country; being an international minority student in the U.S.; and being a minority teacher in U.S. public schools. In doing so, the book addresses minority experiences as it seeks to promote agency and advocacy for the underserved both locally and globally, and making the world more humane and inclusive through education. It acknowledges that we live in a global society, and as such, we must become global citizens and ambassadors of the world in which we live. Greg Wiggan is an Associate Professor of Urban Education, Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, and Affiliate Faculty Member of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research addresses urban education and urban sociology in the context of school processes that promote high achievement among African American students and other underserved minority student populations. In doing so, his research also examines the broader connections between the history of urbanization, globalization processes and the internationalization of education in urban schools. His books include: Global Issues in Education: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice, and the Minority Experience; Education in a Strange Land: Globalization, Urbanization, and Urban Schools – The Social and Educational Implications of the Geopolitical Economy; Curriculum Violence: America’s new Civil Rights Issue; Education for the New Frontier: Race, Education and Triumph in Jim Crow America (1867–1945); Following the Northern Star: Caribbean Identities and Education in North American Schools; Unshackled: Education for Freedom, Student Achievement and Personal Emancipation; In Search of a Canon: European History and the Imperialist State; and Last of the Black Titans: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century. .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Local and International Perspectives on Education, Diversity and the Price of Inequality -- An Opportunity in a Far East Country -- Dreaming of a Place Called Home: A Critical Perspective of a Bahamian Woman’s Educational and Teaching Experiences Both Locally and Internationally -- Making My Invisible Story Visible: An Afro-Caribbean Teacher’s Perspective on Teacher Education and Diversity in the United States -- Know Thy Self: The Importance of Cultural and Ancestral Veneration in U.S. Classrooms -- The Gifts My Ancestors Gave -- Wings and Roots: Perspectives on Resilience and Academic Success in Education -- About the Contributors -- Index.