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Dialogue and the Development of Children’s Thinking: A Sociocultural Approach
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
Posted in Children, Dialogical learning, Dialogue, Socio-cultural theory, Vygotsky
Tagged children, dialogical learning, dialogue, socio-cultural theory, vygotsky
An Ontological Understanding of Dialogue in Education
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
Posted in Bakhtin, Buber, Dialogic pedagogy, Dialogical learning, Dialogue
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Dialogic Multicultural Education Theory and Praxis
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
Bakhtinian Pedagogy
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
Posted in Bakhtin, Dialogical learning, Dialogue, Education, Educational research, Pedagogy
Tagged Bakhtin, dialogical learning, dialogue, education, educational research, pedagogy
Creating Spaces for Critical Transformative Dialogues
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
Dialogic instruction and learning – the case of one Kiswahili Classroom in Kenya
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
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
Posted in Dialogical, Dialogical learning, Inquiry, Vygotsky
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The Practice of Dialogue in Critical Pedagogy
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
Posted in Critical pedagogy, Dialogical learning, Dialogue, Freire
Tagged critical pedagogy, dialogical learning, dialogue, freire
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Learning to Teach Through Discussion: The Art of Turning the Soul
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
Turning the soul: teaching through conversation in the high school
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