Between talk and teaching : : reconsidering the writing conference / / Laurel Johnson Black.

• Author: Black, Laurel Johnson, 1957-
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The teacher-student conference is standard in the repertoire of teachers at all levels. Because it's a one-to-one encounter, teachers work hard to make it comfortable; but because it's a pedagogical moment, they hope that learning occurs in the encounter, too. The literature in this area often suggests that a conference is a conversation, but this doesn't account for a teacher's need to use it pedagogically. Laurel Johnson Black's new book explores the conflicting meanings and relations embedded in conferencing and offers a new theoretical understanding of the conference along with pra

Table of Contents

Power and talk -- Gender and conferencing -- Cross-cultural conferencing -- The affective dimension -- Possibilities works cited.