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How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

They often do this by intentionally choosing language that shapes the learning environment. Knowing how others think also improves children’s ability to imagine the intentions and logic of other social beings, something they will bring to their critical reading, their persuasive writing, and their social relationships.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.