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This book for preservice and inservice teachers, and for teacher educators, will help them consider how students and teachers together construct their lives in classrooms. The author employs a constructivist view of power relations.
List of contents
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Narratives of Classroom Life. Sunny Kaminski's Classroom: A Typical Readers' Workshop Time. Aileen Corvo's Classroom: A Typical Language Arts Period. Sue Anderson's Classroom: A Sample Language Arts Period. Part II: Teachers and Students Constructing Power Relations. Teacher Organization of Time and Space: One Aspect of Classroom Power Relations. Sally, Would You Like to Sit Down? Teachers Using Politeness and Indirect Discourse. Defining Classroom Knowledge: The Part That Students Play. Students in Conflict With Teachers' Agendas: Interactive Contributions to Classroom Power Relations. How Does It Help to Look at Classrooms in This Way? An Annotated Bibliography: Exploring Ideas About Power Relations in Classrooms.
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Mary Manke, Mary Manke
Summary
This book for preservice and inservice teachers, and for teacher educators, will help them consider how students and teachers together construct their lives in classrooms. The author employs a constructivist view of power relations.
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"In this dynamic study, Manke observes three classrooms, one first grade and two fifth grades, to find out what power relationships exist between teachers and students. Her research demonstrates a constructivist view of time, space, and classroom management."
—CHOICE
"Manke focuses on teachers' uses of power; her greatest contribution is her inquiry into how elementary teachers who profess to take a whole-language approach and strive to use collaborative learning groups redefine their power vis-à-vis their students....a critical and reflective examination of the multiple forms and uses of power that shape classroom dynamics..."
—Harvard Educational Review
"I would place the book in the growing field of the sociology of childhood....This book has a contribution to make in this area as well as in the field of educational studies....each description...offers excellent details about the local community, socio-economic milieu, the school, classroom layout and some aspects of everyday classroom practice."
—Britisch Educational Reseach, Jouranl
