The Power of Talk; How Words Change Our Lives

by Felecia Briscoe

• ISBN13: 9781412956024
• ISBN10: 1412956021
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-21
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Why? The Same Old Problem	p. 1
What? The Book's Purpose	p. 2
How? Achieving the Purpose	p. 4
What Will You Get Out of This Book?	p. 6
More About the Authors	p. 6
Avoiding the Master's Language Tools	p. 11
Overview of the Chapters	p. 11
Where and When Might the Book Be Used?	p. 12
Notes	p. 13
The Power of Language: A Medium for Promoting Social Justice and Equity	p. 15
In What Ways Is Language a Transformative Force in Society?	p. 15
What Are Educational Equity and Social Justice?	p. 25
What Are Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Language Awareness?	p. 29
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 31
Notes	p. 32
Becoming Effective in Using Critical Language Awareness	p. 35
Noticing How Language Constructs Our Social World	p. 36
Relating the Trees to the Forest and the Forest to the Trees	p. 38
Imagining Alternatives	p. 39
Coaching	p. 39
Teaching With Critical Language Awareness	p. 42
Using Memorable Examples, Metaphors, and Quotes	p. 43
Modeling Teamwork, Inclusiveness, and Respect	p. 44
Activity: Observing an Educator	p. 46
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 47
Notes	p. 47
Avoiding Othering: Practicing Including	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
A Change Agent in Action	p. 51
How Is Othering Harmful?	p. 52
Digging Deeper Into Othering	p. 58
From Othering to Inclusion and Dialogue	p. 62
Activities	p. 63
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 67
Notes	p. 68
Disrupting Prejudice: A Communicative Approach	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Abstracting	p. 70
Communicative Model	p. 74
Building A Culture of Evidence	p. 86
Activity: Developing Language Skills for Disrupting Prejudice-The Socratic Seminar	p. 90
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 91
Notes	p. 91
Exceptionalizing or Democratizing?	p. 93
Introduction	p. 94
Exceptionalizing: How It Promotes Inequities	p. 95
The Importance of Context	p. 98
Cognitive Disequilibrium and Exceptionalizing	p. 103
The Context of the Interviews	p. 104
Recognizing Exceptionalizing Discourse	p. 106
Revising for a More Democratizing Discourse	p. 110
Activities for Developing Democratizing Language Skills	p. 112
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 114
Notes	p. 116
Recognizing and Revising Stratifying Discourse	p. 119
Introduction	p. 119
Contextual Factors That Promote Stratifying Language	p. 121
Recognizing and Revising Stratifying Discourse	p. 127
Activities: Developing Language Habits for Social Justice	p. 136
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 138
Notes	p. 139
Contesting Deficit Labels	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Redressing Deficit Labels: Habits and Challenges	p. 142
Acronyms as Deep Abstractions	p. 146
Talk Strategies	p. 148
Institutional Action	p. 154
Thoughtful Inaction	p. 156
Activity: Crowning With Deficit Labels	p. 158
Conclusion and Summary of Key Points	p. 160
Notes	p. 161
Conclusion: The Power of Talk	p. 163
Revisiting This Book's Objectives	p. 164
Using the Power of Talk for Social Justice	p. 165
A Final Thought	p. 167
References	p. 171
Index	p. 177
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