{"product_id":"using-discourse-analysis-to-improve-lesley-a-rex-9780415801133","title":"Using Discourse Analysis to Improve Classroom Interaction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis accessible 'how to' text is about classroom interaction - how to study it and how to use that knowledge to improve teaching and learning. Actually showing what critical, constructionist, sociocultural perspectives on teaching, learning, and schooling are and what they can do, it makes discourse analysis understandable and useful to teachers and other nonlinguists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsing Discourse Analysis to Improve Classroom Interaction: \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eoffers teachers the powerful tools of discourse analysis as a way of understanding the complex dynamics of human interaction that constitute effective, equitable teaching and learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eguides readers step-by-step through how to build their interactional awareness to improve their teaching \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes 'Try It Out' exercises to engage readers in learning how to respond to the social dynamics of their classrooms for the purpose of improving classroom interaction. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eProceeding from simple illustrations to more complex layering of analytical concepts, short segments of talk, transcribed to highlight important points, are used to explain and illustrate the concepts. By the time readers get to the complicated issues addressed in this text they are ready to deal with some of teaching's toughest challenges, and have the tools to build positive relationships among their students so that all can participate equally in the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lesley A. Rex,Laura Schiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415801133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415801133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Lesley A. Rex","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621730955519,"sku":"9780415801133","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/using-discourse-analysis-to-improve-lesley-a-rex-9780415801133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}