Using Language to Change Lives

(K-8)

by Peter H. Johnston

In Opening Minds, Peter shows how the words teachers choose affect the worlds students inhabit in the classroom, and ultimately their futures. He explains how to engage children with more productive talk and how to create classrooms that support not only students—intellectual development, but also their development as human beings. Make no mistake: words have the power to open minds—or close them.

160 pp.