Words Matter

Teacher Language and Student Learning

By (author) Susan Mandel Glazer Rider University Foreword by Marie C. DiBiasio

Publication date:

05 December 2013

Length of book:

202 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

253x177mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781442223417

Words Matter: Teacher Language and Student Learning enables teachers to observe their actions and ask, “Do I know how children perceive my behaviors?" It also helps them to understand reasons for children’s responses to their words and actions. Teachers’ behaviors are categorized in vignettes, and readers determine where they fit and what changes ought to be made for their teaching practices to be more effective.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Your Effect on the Classroom Environment
Chapter 2: Understanding Differences Before Judging Learners
Chapter 3: The Effect of Your Beliefs on Student Learning: Classroom Management
Chapter 4: Sharing Control with Children: On the Way to a Student-Centered Classroom
Chapter 5. Strategies That Allow Children to Take Charge
Chapter 6: When There Are No Solutions
Appendixes
References
Index
About the Author

Susan Mandel Glazer's new text, Words Matter, is a refreshingly honest look at how teachers' (and parents') less-than-sensitive comments may discourage new learners' motivation to read and write. Consistent with research and commentary about the importance of teachers' word choices and discourse routines, Glazer's theme is supported by reconstructions of classroom interactions and sometimes poignant recollections by past students reflecting their disappointments in some teachers or lauding their successes brought on by teachers who believed in them.