Yes. Have you read Choice Words? Same author. This one is about the language we use in instruction and how we could use it to create an environment where kids have a sense of agency-where they are willing to value learning above perfection... Where they help teach each other...where kids are motivated to persevere even when the task is difficult. There are kids and adults who have a fixed-ability mindset... They believe you are either good at reading or not--and it will never change. When we use language that judges a child---rather than language that coaches---we can inadvertently reinforce that mindset and kids have no reason to try. This book is through Stenhouse... They often have sample chapters on line so you could take a peek at it.
I think the subject matter is huge with Common Core landing upon us. It seems to me a way to help raise us above rote learning and create thinking classrooms. If you are constructivist at all in your thinking this is a must read. It's a little book... Not long, but powerful. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2013, at 2:46 PM, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Can you tell us something about this book? Thanks! Jan _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
