Between Speaking and Silence
Download or Read eBook Between Speaking and Silence PDF written by Mary M. Reda and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Mary M. Reda |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2009-01-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780791493717 |
ISBN-13 | : 0791493717 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Between Speaking and Silence by : Mary M. Reda
Book excerpt: Why are students silent? Using written reflections and interviews, Mary M. Reda examines students' perceptions of speaking and being silent in a first-year composition classroom, and explores how their teachers, classroom relationships, and their own sense of identity shape their decisions to speak or be silent. By challenging many firmly held beliefs about those quiet students in the back of the classroom, Between Speaking and Silence offers the new vision that silence is not necessarily problematic.