The Power of Talk; How Words Change Our Lives

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ISBN: 9781412956017 | 1412956013
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/21/2009

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This enlightening book helps educators use everyday language to create more equitable school environments, and offers exercises that strengthen communication and leadership skills.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction Why?
The Same Old Problem What?
The BookG++s Purpose How? Achieving the Purpose
What Will You Get Out of This Book?
Avoiding the MasterG++s Language Tools Overview of the Chapters
Where and When Might the Book Be Used?
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
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
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points
Avoiding Othering: Practicing Including Introduction
A Change Agent in Action How Is Othering Harmful?
Digging Deeper Into Othering From Othering to Inclusion and Dialogue Activities
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points
Disrupting Prejudice: A Communicative Approach Introduction Abstracting
Communicative Model Developing a Data Culture Activity: Developing Language Skills for Disrupting Prejudice
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points
Exceptionalizing or Democratizing?
Introduction Exceptionalizing: How It Promotes Inequities
The Importance of Context Cognitive Disequilibrium and Exceptionalizing
The 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
Recognizing and Revising Stratifying Discourse
Introduction Key Concepts Recognizing and Revising Stratifying
Discourse Activities for Developing Language Skills for Social Justice
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points
Contesting Labels Introduction Contesting Labels Acronyms as Deep Abstractions Talk Strategies
Redressing Labels Through Institutional Action
Thoughtful Inaction Activity: Crowning With Labels
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points
Conclusion: The Power of Talk
Revisiting the Book's Objectives Using the Power of Talk for Social Justice A Final Thought
References
Index
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