| Voicing Ourselves: Whose Words We Use When We Talk about Books Contributor(s): Knoeller, Christian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791436578 ISBN-13: 9780791436578 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Secondary |
| Dewey: 810.712 |
| LCCN: 97030992 |
| Series: Suny Series, Literacy, Culture, and Learning: Theory and Pra |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.22" W x 9.21" (1.24 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a public high school classroom in the San Francisco Bay area, a group of twelfth graders have decided themselves to enroll for Advanced-Placement English. Faced with unprecedented diversity for such a class in terms of academic and ethnic backgrounds, veteran teacher Joan Cone dared to trust her students to lead their own discussions of a variety of provocative authors including Baldwin, Didion, Malcolm X, and Woolf. Voicing Ourselves examines a year's worth of such sessions, revealing how a teacher's role is transformed, and, moreover, offering an important component in any teacher's repertoire of instructional strategies: student-led discussion. Above all, the book shows the startling success of students licensed to engage one another directly in talk about books, revealing the richly social tapestry of such conversations. |