Grounded in research, Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives shows how words can shape students' learning, their sense of self, and their social, emotional and moral development. Make no mistake: words have the power to open minds-or close them. --from publisher description.

Choosing words, choosing worlds --Learning worlds: people, performing, and learning -- Changing learning narratives -- "Good job!" feedback, praise, and other responses -- Any other ways to think about that? Inquiry, dialogue, uncertainty, and difference -- Social imagination -- Moral agency: moral development and civic engagement -- Thinking together, working together -- Choice worlds.