Hi, Jennifer! I've just ordered a copy of 'Opening Minds' which I hope will arrive soon as I'm currently on vacation, commencing our new school year early February here in Australia. I look forward to participating and learning more about encouraging and empowering children in their learning. Celia
On 06/01/2013, at 5:29 AM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
