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The Tao of Life Stories

Chinese Language, Poetry, and Culture in Education

by Xin Li (Author)
©2002 Textbook XIV, 220 Pages
Series: Counterpoints, Volume 148

Summary

The Tao of Life Stories explores curriculum as lifelong learning through Chinese women immigrants’ cross-cultural experiences. In answer to Walt Whitman’s call for strangers to speak, this book creates an extraordinary voice through its stories, poetry, and artistry. The multicultural and global context of the new millennium challenges teachers to better our understanding of differences at personal, professional, and conceptual levels. Do we all, teachers and students alike, bring unique experiences to our classrooms? How do we acknowledge and learn from our experiences across cultural borders? Philosophically, practically, vicariously, and artistically, this book promises to engage the reader in a postmodern cross-cultural and global education.

Details

Pages
XIV, 220
Year
2002
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820449746
Language
English
Keywords
global context women experiences
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2002. XIV, 220 pp., ill.

Biographical notes

Xin Li (Author)

The Author: Xin Li is Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach. She received her Ph.D. in education from the University of Toronto, Canada. She is a teacher, educational researcher, and frequent presenter at international conferences. Before migrating to North America, Li experienced the Chinese Cultural Revolution and taught at universities in China. Her translation helped to introduce John Updike’s works to the Chinese reader.

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