Book Review

Culturally Responsive Care in the Rural Classroom

Authors

  • Wiktoria Kozlowska Purdue University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3776/tpre.2023.v13n1p127-130

Keywords:

Latinx immigrant students, culturally responsive teaching, elementary education

Abstract

This review assesses Stephanie Oudghiri’s (2022) Struggling to Find Our Way: Rural Educators’ Experiences Working with and Caring for Latinx Students. Positioning her work in care and culturally responsive teaching, Oudghiri narratively examines the relationship between teachers, paraprofessionals, and Latinx students in a rural Midwestern elementary school. Story themes, analyzed under a framework of Swanson’s (1991, 1993) middle range theory of caring, uncover how educators’ personal and professional identities inform their ethics of care, or lack thereof, in the classroom. This review outlines Oudghiri’s successful use of narrative inquiry to craft an accessible, hopeful story that rural educators nationwide can learn from in order to better support their culturally diverse students.

Author Biography

Wiktoria Kozlowska, Purdue University

Wiktoria Kozlowska holds a B.S. in Mathematics with a concentration in Secondary Education from the University of Notre Dame. She is currently a second-year master’s student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction’s Curriculum Studies program at Purdue University. Before beginning her graduate studies, she taught mathematics at a public suburban middle school for two years. Her research interests include narrative studies that examine the schooling experiences of students belonging to marginalized populations, particularly those who are undocumented, to increase educators’ understanding of how such students’ strengths and needs may be more thoroughly addressed.

References

Adams, T. E. (2017). Critical autoethnography, education, and a call for forgiveness. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 19(1), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v19i1.1387

Gay, G. (2002). Preparing for culturally responsive teaching. Journal of Teacher Education, 53(2), 106–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487102053002003

Kim, J.-H. (2016). Understanding narrative inquiry: The crafting and analysis of stories as research. Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071802861

Noddings, N. (2012). The caring relation in teaching. Oxford Review of Education, 38(6), 771–781. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2012.745047

Oudghiri, S. (2022). Struggling to find our way: Rural educators' experiences working with and caring for Latinx students. Information Age Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3102/1880432

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Published

2023-06-19

How to Cite

Kozlowska, W. (2023). Book Review: Culturally Responsive Care in the Rural Classroom. Theory & Practice in Rural Education, 13(1), 127–130. https://doi.org/10.3776/tpre.2023.v13n1p127-130

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): Elevating Voices within our Diverse Tapestry of Rurality

Section

Book/Media Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2023 Wiktoria Kozlowska

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