Category Archives: Dialogical learning

Dialogue and the Development of Children’s Thinking: A Sociocultural Approach

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

This book draws on extensive research to provide a ground-breaking new account of the relationship between dialogue and children’s learning development. It closely relates the research findings to real-life classrooms, so that it is of practical value to teachers and … Continue reading →

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An Ontological Understanding of Dialogue in Education

Posted on November 5, 2015 by

This dissertation develops an ontological understanding of dialogue that is then used to reconsider the forms and purposes of schooling.  Employing the works of Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin, the work departs from the literature on schooling that treats dialogue … Continue reading →

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Dialogic Multicultural Education Theory and Praxis

Posted on June 7, 2015 by

The purpose of this theoretical article is to highlight the role that dialogic pedagogy can play in critical multicultural education for pre-service teachers. The article starts by discussing the problematic that critical multicultural education poses in a democratic society that … Continue reading →

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Bakhtinian Pedagogy

Posted on March 31, 2015 by

This collection of essays brings Bakhtinian ideas into dialogue with educational practice across cultural and pedagogical boundaries. These encounters offer fresh perspectives on contemporary issues in education, and consider pedagogical responses that are framed within a dialogic imperative. The book … Continue reading →

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Creating Spaces for Critical Transformative Dialogues

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

Focused dialogue (as lived and living practices) can have a powerful role in renewing professional practice, advancing its sustainability and development as administrative and political systems colonize the practices of teachers and teacher educators. However, participating in discussion groups for … Continue reading →

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Dialogic instruction and learning – the case of one Kiswahili Classroom in Kenya

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

This paper reports on an ethnographic case study which was carried out in a Kenyan first-grade classroom. The classroom had 89 students with their 2 teachers who taught at different times. The classroom was very crowded and had a high … Continue reading →

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Dialogic Inquiry: Towards a Sociocultural Practice and Theory of Education

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Book. For more than a quarter-century, the polemics surrounding educational reform have centered on two points of view: those that favor a “progressive” child-centered form of education, and those that would prefer a return to a more structured, teacher-directed curriculum … Continue reading →

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The Practice of Dialogue in Critical Pedagogy

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

This paper examines dialogue in the higher education classroom. Instigated by my teaching experiences and the paucity of empirical studies examining dialogue in the higher education classroom, I present a re-examination of data I collected in 1996 for an ethnographic … Continue reading →

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Learning to Teach Through Discussion: The Art of Turning the Soul

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

This sequel to Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon‘s acclaimed “Turning the Soul: Teaching Through Conversation in the High School” presents a case study of two people learning to teach. It shows them engaging two groups of fourth grade students in discussion about the … Continue reading →

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Turning the soul: teaching through conversation in the high school

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Is our nation’s educational system faltering in part because it strives to teach students predetermined “right” answers to questions? In Turning the Soul, Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon offers and alternative to methods advocated by conventional educational practice. By guiding the reader back … Continue reading →

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