Full Description
This study of not only the silence, but the silencing of Mexican American Students in one California community college holds lessons for all educators-of all students at all levels. A profoundly important book.
Courtney B. Cazden
Charles William Eliot Professor of Education (Emerita),
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Contents
Cultural Difference, Classroom Interaction, and Silence Studying Silence in Context, A History of Silencing Student and Teacher Voices The Social Construction of Silence: Course Assignments The Social Construction of Silence: Classroom Talk "Listen to the Silences"