Perspective-Taking as Transformative Practice in Teaching Multicultural Literature to White Students
Amanda Haertling Thein, Richard Beach, and Daryl Parks

Amanda Haertling Thein, Richard Beach, and Daryl Parks explore the subtle yet powerful changes that transpire when white students encounter multicultural literature and experience tensions between their beliefs and those that appear in the texts. As students mediate the tensions, they become more critically aware of their beliefs and may be more willing to “try on” alternative perspectives or even amend their original beliefs.

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