Sounds from the Heart: Learning to Listen to Girls
Sounds from the Heart is about girls-their learning, their social dilemmas, their dreams, hopes, and fears-and one teacher's struggle to help them reach their full potential. Maureen Barbieri's book takes a careful, deliberate, and often disturbing look at the experiences of a group of adolescent girls as they are nudged into meaningful literacy. Drawing on the work of Nel Noddings, Carol Gilligan, Myra and David Sadker, as well as the theories of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0435088432
ISBN13:9780435088439
Release Date:March 1995
Publisher:Heinemann Educational Books
Length:269 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 6 to 10
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Poignant and practical
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Barberi sheds light on the different ways girls learn in a single-sex versus a co-ed environment when she switches to an all girl school after teaching in the public schools. ALthough the title is almost saccharine, the book is not--focusing on what she learns from her new students, both about their learning and about her teaching.Definitely worth reading, since it addresses this important topic but doesn't preach or come off as too sweet.
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