Talk Matters: Refocusing the Language of Public Schooling [Paperback]

Beatrice Schneller Fennimore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0807739022 | ISBN-13: 978-0807739020

Explores the language used in educational contexts and conversation, and its impact on student outcomes. The author addresses educational language in myriad contexts such as public schooling, teacher education programmes, deficit terminology and labelling. Realistic examples illustrate the facts.

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About the Author

Beatrice Fennimore is a professor in the Department of Professional Studies in Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 175 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807739022
• ISBN-13: 978-0807739020
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,177,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Talk should matter to all of us, September 19, 2000

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marvin fein (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Talk Matters: Refocusing the Language of Public Schooling (Paperback)

This book is not just essential reading for educators but for anyone who deals with other people on an interpersonal level. Dr. Fennimore describes in vivid and intriguing detail, using actual incidents, how our speech shapes our actions. Dr. Fennimore discusses how educators in oral and written communications categorize children and then treat them as if they are categories rather than individuals. She proposes logical ethical standards, mainly related to language and decency, for educators to follow which if implemented could greatly improve our school systems and the quality of education, especially for those students in less advantaged school districts.She also makes numerous school reform suggestions related to language which could be implemented immediately and without the need for substantial expenditures.This is one of the most important books on the interplay between language and action ever written and at a minimum should be read by every educator before he or she ever enters a classroom.