The Sharing Circles: Two Stories of Circles and Indigenous Culture

Theresa Meuse-Dallien and Theresa Larsen-Jonasson are not only authors with surprisingly similar names, but they’ve also written books with surprisingly similar titles: The Sharing Circle. Both offer parents, educators, and children the opportunity to learn from or administer culturally responsive teaching (CRI) and would likely be viewed positively from a liberal pluralistic perspective. However, the two differ significantly in the way they integrate their cultural and anti-bias teachings. Therefore, these texts present exceptional examples of how educators may use CRI in their classrooms and how those practices influence young children.

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