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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963656103321

Autore

Reda Mary M

Titolo

Between speaking and silence : a study of quiet students / / Mary M. Reda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : SUNY Press, c2009

ISBN

9780791493717

0791493717

9781441604934

1441604936

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/25

Soggetti

Communication in education

Teacher-student relationships

College teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Between Speaking and Silence -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Listening to the Silences in Our Classrooms: A Study of Quiet Students -- 2. Considering the Problem of Silence -- 3. Locating Myself: Between Speaking and Silence -- 4. Situating the Study -- 5. "What Teachers Want":Exploring Teaching Practices -- 6. Identity and Community: Negotiating Ethos and Audience -- 7. Learning to See in a Whole New Light: Reimagining the Silences in Our Classrooms -- Appendix.Teaching Practices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the question of student silence from students' perspectives and challenges the conventional wisdom about silent students.