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The Power of Talk : How Words Change Our Lives.
This enlightening book helps educators use everyday language to create more equitable school environments, and offers exercises that strengthen communication and leadership skills.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Why? The Same Old Problem; What? The Book's Purpose; How? Achieving the Purpose; What Will You Get Out of This Book?; More About the Authors; Avoiding the Master's Language Tools; Overview of the Chapters; Where and When Might the Book Be Used?; Notes; 1. The Power of Language: A Medium for Promoting Social Justice and Equity; In What Ways Is Language a Transformative Force in Society?; What Are Educational Equity and Social Justice?
- What Are Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Language Awareness?Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 2. Becoming Effective in Using Critical Language Awareness; Noticing How Language Constructs Our Social World; Relating the Trees to the Forest and the Forest to the Trees; Imagining Alternatives; Coaching; Teaching With Critical Language Awareness; Using Memorable Examples, Metaphors, and Quotes; Modeling Teamwork, Inclusiveness, and Respect; Activity: Observing an Educator; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 3. Avoiding Othering: Practicing Including; Introduction.
- A Change Agent in ActionHow Is Othering Harmful?; Digging Deeper Into Othering; From Othering to Inclusion and Dialogue; Activities; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 4. Disrupting Prejudice: A Communicative Approach; Introduction; Abstracting; Communicative Model; Building A Culture of Evidence; Activity: Developing Language Skills for Disrupting Prejudice-The Socratic Seminar; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 5. Exceptionalizing or Democratizing?; Introduction; Exceptionalizing: How It Promotes Inequities; The Importance of Context.
- Cognitive Disequilibrium and ExceptionalizingThe Context of the Interviews; Recognizing Exceptionalizing Discourse; Revising for a More Democratizing Discourse; Activities for Developing Democratizing Language Skills; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 6. Recognizing and Revising Stratifying Discourse; Introduction; Contextual Factors That Promote Stratifying Language; Recognizing and Revising Stratifying Discourse; Activities: Developing Language Habits for Social Justice; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 7. Contesting Deficit Labels; Introduction.
- Redressing Deficit Labels: Habits and ChallengesAcronyms as Deep Abstractions; Talk Strategies; Institutional Action; Thoughtful Inaction; Activity: Crowning With Deficit Labels; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; Notes; 8. Conclusion: The Power of Talk; Revisiting This Book's Objectives; Using the Power of Talk for Social Justice; A Final Thought; References; Index.