Rethinking classroom participation
Subtitle: listening to silent voices
By: Katherine Schultz ; foreword by Ray McDermott.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780807750179; 9780807750186
Subjects: Classroom management; Self-esteem in children; Educational psychology; Silence
Description: Katherine Schultz examines the complex role student silence can play in teaching and learning. Urging teachers to listen to student silence in new ways, this book offers real-life examples and proven strategies for "rethinking classroom participation" to include all students--those eager to raise their hands to speak and those who may pause or answer in different ways.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and index.
Table of contents: title: Participation and silence in the classroom; title: Forms and functions of silence; title: Classroom silences, classroom talk; title: Student silences, curricular participation; title: Learning from student silence.