246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Building on Robin Alexander’s landmark Towards Dialogic Teaching , this book shows how and why the dialogic approach has a positive impact on student engagement and learning. It sets out the evidence, examines the underpinning ideas and issues, and offers guidance and resources for the planning, implementation and review of effective dialogic teaching in a wide range of educational settings.... Read more
- Prologue
- Talk for learning
- Versions of dialogue
- Dialogue in other words
- Grand dichotomy
- Ingredient x
- Frameworks and fundamentals
- Professional development
- Epilogue
Biography
Robin Alexander is Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge, Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of Warwick, and Fellow of the British Academy. He has also held chairs in education at the universities of Leeds and York and visiting posts outside the UK. His Culture and Pedagogy (2001) won the Outstanding Book Award of the American Educational Research Association, while Children, their World, their Education (2010), and his work as director of the Cambridge Primary Review, won the SES Book Awards First Prize and the BERA/Sage Public Impact and Engagement Award.
"Overall, this is essential reading for all who are interested in effective classroom talk and that should include every teacher, student teacher and policymaker." - David Reedy, Literacy (UKLA)
