Words Matter: Teacher Language and Student Learning

by Susan Mandel Glazer Ed.D Rider University

Overview

Words Matter enables teachers to observe their actions and ask, “Do I know how children perceive my behaviors?" It also helps them to understand reasons for children’s responses to their words and actions. Teachers’ behaviors are categorized in vignettes, and readers determine where they fit and what changes ought to be made for their teaching practices to be more effective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442223424
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/05/2013
Series:	Words Matter
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Susan Mandel Glazer is professor and director of the Graduate Program in Reading/Language Arts and the founder and Director of the Center for Reading and Writing at Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. She has authored and coauthored numerous books, articles, and chapters in edited volumes. Glazer served as President of the International Reading Association in 1994-1995.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Your Effect on the Classroom Environment
Chapter 2: Understanding Differences Before Judging Learners
Chapter 3: The Effect of Your Beliefs on Student Learning: Classroom Management
Chapter 4: Sharing Control with Children: On the Way to a Student-Centered Classroom
Chapter 5. Strategies That Allow Children to Take Charge
Chapter 6: When There Are No Solutions
Appendixes
References
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Words Matter: Teacher Language and Student Learning offers a unique look at reflection as a means of enhancing teachers' awareness of the influence their behavior has on student learning. Through a series of real-life scenarios, the author shares her personal growth and understanding of the roles teachers play in helping students have positive experiences in school. The book also serves as a resource to help teachers become more cognizant of their own professional actions and behaviors.

Carrice C. Cummins

Susan Mandel Glazer's new text, Words Matter, is a refreshingly honest look at how teachers' (and parents') less-than-sensitive comments may discourage new learners' motivation to read and write. Consistent with research and commentary about the importance of teachers' word choices and discourse routines, Glazer's theme is supported by reconstructions of classroom interactions and sometimes poignant recollections by past students reflecting their disappointments in some teachers or lauding their successes brought on by teachers who believed in them.

Francine Falk-Ross