Charles Bingham is assistant professor in the School of Education at DePaul University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Toward a Framework of RecognitionChapter 2 Encounters in the Public Sphere: MirroringChapter 3 The Other Whom I Don't Understand: ConfirmationChapter 4 On the Discursive Limits of the Encounter: SubjectionChapter 5 Recognizing as being Recognized: ReciprocityChapter 6 Thinking Through the Encounter: Minding our Educational Discourses of RecognitionChapter 7 BibliographyChapter 8 Index

This is a provocative and important book that will give educators a way to talk about how we can help students develop their own voices and be recognized in the classroom. Using narrative and philosophical analysis, Charles Bingham weaves a carefully considered and personally connected introduction to recognition theory for educators. This is not an argument for the best framework of recognition, but rather an introduction to multiple perspectives, bringing out their strengths and weaknesses. The reader will become familiar with various iterations and become more adept at using them as tools to help analyze the problems educators face in our everyday efforts to value and appreciate our diverse students.