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Title:
Mind over memes : passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies / Diana Senechal.
Author:
Senechal, Diana, author.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Call Number:
PE1442 .S46 2018
Abstract:
"This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation--but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, lyricism, and play, this book argues for judicious and imaginative speech"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781538115169
Physical Description:
xv, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Take away the takeaway : the problem with pocketable summaries -- Change, our false god : questioning the rhetoric of reform -- The ubiquitous team (not everything has to be part of one) -- Is listening passive? -- Research has shown -- just what, exactly? -- Social and unsocial justice : how different kinds of justice combine -- The toxicity of "toxic" -- The springs of creativity : how invention and creation require subject matter -- In praise of mixed mindsets : why "growth mindset" may not always be ideal -- What do we mean by "we"? -- A good misfit : how mismatches can enrich our work and life.
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