Valuing and Honoring Diversity: Autoethnography in Classrooms to Promote Multicultural Education

The authors in this article suggest the use of autoethnographic activities in classrooms to value and honor diversity in schools to promote multicultural education. Students can share their stories and experiences with their own voice. Autoethnography is the qualitative methodology that connects personal experiences to make meaning of social and cultural issues. Through the authors' own accounts of their experience as a student, they share the importance for educators to build relationships with their students. This can be done by demonstrating vulnerability, showing care for the students, and including their stories in the classroom. Suggestions of how autoethnographic activities can be utilized in classrooms are offered.