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Improvising Inside The Whole Story, Syd Hielema
Improvising Inside The Whole Story, Syd Hielema
Pro Rege
This paper was presented to the B. J. Haan Education Conference held at Dordt College in March 2001.
Conversational Borderlands: Language And Identity In An Alternative Urban High School, Betsy Rymes
Conversational Borderlands: Language And Identity In An Alternative Urban High School, Betsy Rymes
Betsy Rymes
This groundbreaking study of an innovative charter school is the first to look closely at adolescent identity by analyzing the language of narratives told in school. The author helps us to understand why adolescents sometimes make choices that seem incomprehensible to the adults who work with them. This unique book links issues of school reform with close analysis of language and interaction within a school to help us understand the needs and desires of some of today’s diverse adolescent students. Both compelling and illuminating, this important book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the human effects (and not …