Responsive teaching : an ecological approach to classroom patterns of language, culture, and thought /
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| Author / Creator: | Bowers, C. A. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Teachers College Press, c1990. |
| Description: | xiii, 271 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in contemporary educational thought series v. 4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1066310 |
| Summary: | This book provides a conceptual basis for recognizing the classroom as an ecology of linguistic and cultural patterns that should be taken into account as part of the teacher's professional decision making. It argues that the orchestration of classroom behaviour cannot be separated from the mental ecology of metaphor and thought patterns that reflect the student's primary culture. Chapters discuss the metaphorical nature of language and thought, primary socilization, nonverbal communication, framing and social control, the classroom as an ecology of power, culturally responsive supervision, and educating teachers for the 21st century - all from a cultural and linguistic point of view. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 271 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807729973 0807729981 |