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- Title: Six Multicultural Service-Learning Lessons: I Learned in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (Schools, Culture, And Trauma)
- Author : Multicultural Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2007
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 195 KB
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As a teacher educator who regularly teaches a multicultural education course, I have often employed service-learning as a pedagogical strategy in assisting preservice teachers to understand better the various multicultural topics we discuss, such as racism, heterosexism, and sexism that impact our schools. I have never been disappointed in the experiences of my students who engage in a multicultural service-learning experience. Through the direct experience of working with individuals who are linguistically, racially, and economically often quite different from themselves, they increase their cultural responsiveness as a preservice teacher not only intellectually but also socially and emotionally (Boyle-Baise, 2002; O'Grady, 2000; Wade, 2000). Therefore, when I was presented an opportunity through a major U.S. disaster relief agency to serve at a shelter housing Hurricane Katrina evacuees, I jumped at it. I knew that this would be a challenging service experience, challenging me in different ways from the kinds of service (tutoring, working at a homeless shelter, and the like) in which I usually engage. So on September 11, 2005, the anniversary of another U.S. tragedy, I flew from northern California to southern Mississippi to serve as an Assistant Manager in a shelter. The experience was in a word, extraordinary and little did I know that I would be drawing on all the multicultural skills and knowledge that I learned and tried to impart to preservice teachers in my classes. I should also note that I did not go down there as an academic researcher but rather as a regular volunteer. I did take a notebook with me to keep a daily journal, but after much debate I decided against taking a tape recorder with me. Therefore, all content in this personal perspective piece is the result of reflections on my experiences as a volunteer.
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