Mind over memes passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies
"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"--
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of 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.