The power of talk : how words change our lives /: how words change our lives. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Felecia Briscoe, Gilberto Arriaza, Rosemary C. Henze.
• Other Names: Briscoe, Felecia; Arriaza, Gilberto; Henze, Rosemary C
• Contents: List of Tables; List of Figures; 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?; Avoiding the Master’s Language Tools; Overview of the Chapters; Where and When Might the Book Be Used?; 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; 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; Conclusion and Summary of Key Points; 3. 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; 4. 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; 5. 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; 6. 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; 7. 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; 8. Conclusion: The Power of Talk; Revisiting the Book's Objectives; Using the Power of Talk for Social Justice; A Final Thought; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Subjects: 306.44; Discourse analysis -- Social aspects; Communication in education; Language and education -- Social aspects; Sociolinguistics; Equality
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452272405; 1452272409
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