Listen to the Silences - Mexican American Interaction in the Composition Classroom and the Community

This study of not only the silence, but the silencing of Mexican American Students in one California community college holds lessons for all educators-of all students at all levels. A profoundly important book.

Courtney B. Cazden

Charles William Eliot Professor of Education (Emerita),
Harvard Graduate School of Education

List of contents

Cultural Difference, Classroom Interaction, and Silence
Studying Silence in Context, A History of Silencing
Student and Teacher Voices
The Social Construction of Silence: Course Assignments
The Social Construction of Silence: Classroom Talk
"Listen to the Silences"

Product details

• Authors: Kay M. Losey, Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1996
• EAN: 9781567502688
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-268-8
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Ethnic Studies, English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching and learning, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, English language teaching (ELT), EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Current Events and Issues: Education