Authors: Peter H. Johnston
ISBN-13: 9781571103895, ISBN-10: 1571103899
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Johnston (education, State University of New York-Albany) shows how elementary teachers can build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities in the classroom through language. He provides examples of ordinary words, phrases, and uses of language that encourage students to become strategic thinkers and acquire literacy skills. His explanations of the significance of these examples draws on the disciplines of discursive psychology, narrative psychology, discourse analysis, and conversational analysis. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword | ||
Ch. 1 | The language of influence in teaching | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Noticing and naming | 11 |
Ch. 3 | Identity | 22 |
Ch. 4 | Agency and becoming strategic | 29 |
Ch. 5 | Flexibility and transfer (or generalizing) | 43 |
Ch. 6 | Knowing | 53 |
Ch. 7 | An evolutionary, democratic learning community 64 | |
Ch. 8 | Who do you think you're talking to? | 76 |
App. A | The fine print | 87 |
App. B | Four fourth graders | 92 |
App. C | Analysis of Debbie Miller's interaction with the class and Brendan | 97 |