Opening minds : using language to change lives /

Grounded in research, Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives shows how words can shape students' learning, their sense of self, and their social, emotional and moral development. Make no mistake: words have the power to open minds-or close them. --from publisher description

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Main Author: Johnston, Peter H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, [2012]
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Table of Contents:
  • Choosing words, choosing worlds
  • Learning worlds: people, performing, and learning
  • Changing learning narratives
  • "Good job!" feedback, praise, and other responses
  • Any other ways to think about that? Inquiry, dialogue, uncertainty, and difference
  • Social imagination
  • Moral agency: moral development and civic engagement
  • Thinking together, working together
  • Choice worlds.