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Learning from Counternarratives in Teach For America; Moving from Idealism Towards Hope

by Sarah Matsui

  • Hardback
  • 230 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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Unpacks systemic challenges in school reform

Guides you toward honest, effective practice

A revealing study of the realities faced by Teach For America corps members, offering a path towards genuine reform.

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Grounded in the belief that hope comes from a place of reality, not necessarily popular ideology, this book explores the gap between designated and actual narratives within Teach For America. TFA founder Wendy Kopp stated that there is nothing elusive about successful teaching; people simply need to work hard and be disciplined. Taking an inquiry stance, Sarah Matsui surveyed and interviewed 26 of her fellow corps members in the Greater Philadelphia region. Their counternarratives collectively problematize this standard reform rhetoric. Many are working hard, yet their stories and challenges are complex, elusive, and commonly self-described with the words shame, failure, and isolating. Corps members reported experiencing new levels of fatigue, alcohol dependency, depression, and trauma during their two-year service commitment with TFA. Learning from Counternarratives in Teach For America utilizes multiple frameworks to analyze the depth and range of corps members' experiences. Relevant to helping professionals and people working to address constructed systems of inequity, this book ultimately advocates for a more honest, contextualized, and egalitarian approach to reform - one that openly addresses both individual and systemic realities.
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  • Title

    Learning from Counternarratives in Teach For America; Moving from Idealism Towards Hope

  • Author

    Sarah Matsui

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

  • Published

    July 2015

  • Page Count

    230

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781433128134

  • ISBN-10

    1433128136

  • Eden Code

    5318244