The Power of Talk: How Words Change Our Lives - Hardcover

Briscoe, Felecia M.; Arriaza, Gilberto; Henze, Rosemary C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412956013 ISBN 13: 9781412956017

Publisher: Corwin, 2009

Synopsis

This enlightening book helps educators use everyday language to create more equitable school environments, and offers exercises that strengthen communication and leadership skills.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Unlock the power of language to promote equity in your school.

About the Author:

Felecia M. Briscoe, an associate professor, focuses her research on the relationship between power and knowledge. Her research interests are concerned with the development of educational equity especially as related to classism, racism, and sexism. She studies how power manifests in discourse. Her most recently published article is titled, “Reproduction of Racialized Hierarchies: Ethnic identities in the discourse of educational leadership.” She has also just completed a co-authored manuscript in which she analyzes the discourse of the U.S. legislation, “No Child Left Behind.” Briscoe has experienced a variety of teaching contexts. She started out as a seventh-grade science teacher in a public school in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also taught at the University of Cincinnati and at Concord College. She has been a member of the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at the University of Texas, San Antonio since the summer of 2000. Briscoe earned her doctorate in educational foundations from the University of Cincinnati. She also has an MA in psychology with an emphasis in experimental cognitive psychology and a BS in elementary education with an emphasis in science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1412956013
• ISBN 13: 9781412956017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200