TY - JOUR
T1 - "Well, that was an intellectual dialogue!"
T2 - How a whole school focus on improvement shifts the substantive nature of classroom talk.
AU - Edwards-Groves, Christine
AU - Hardy, Ian
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = December, 2013; Journal title (773t) = English Teaching: Practice and Critique. ISSNs: 1175-8708;
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Abstract: This paper explores how students’ talk in classrooms is influenced by a whole school focus on lifting the quality, and the substantive nature, of classroom dialogue as an approach to improve student engagement, and to develop listening and speaking skills. Specifically, we show how designing and participating in whole-school professional learning projects emerged as a central condition for teacher and student development in the area of improving substantive classroom dialogue. The paper draws upon data from a larger, three year empirical study in several Australian primary schools into the interconnections between professional learning, student learning, teaching and leading over time. In this paper, we focus particularly upon professional learning and its effects upon teaching and student learning, and illustrate how changing students’ literacy practices require changing the practice architectures â€Â' that is, the broader conditions within which teacher and student learning occur. Drawing on examples of teacher and student learning practices, we reveal the particular ‘sayings’ (language), ‘doings’ (activities), and ‘relatings’ (relationships) which create and sustain the conditions under which students’ dialogic practices can flourish. The research reveals the practices of collaborative, critical reflexive dialogues on the part of teachers contributed significantly to the development of dialogic practices within literacy learning in classrooms.
AB - Abstract: This paper explores how students’ talk in classrooms is influenced by a whole school focus on lifting the quality, and the substantive nature, of classroom dialogue as an approach to improve student engagement, and to develop listening and speaking skills. Specifically, we show how designing and participating in whole-school professional learning projects emerged as a central condition for teacher and student development in the area of improving substantive classroom dialogue. The paper draws upon data from a larger, three year empirical study in several Australian primary schools into the interconnections between professional learning, student learning, teaching and leading over time. In this paper, we focus particularly upon professional learning and its effects upon teaching and student learning, and illustrate how changing students’ literacy practices require changing the practice architectures â€Â' that is, the broader conditions within which teacher and student learning occur. Drawing on examples of teacher and student learning practices, we reveal the particular ‘sayings’ (language), ‘doings’ (activities), and ‘relatings’ (relationships) which create and sustain the conditions under which students’ dialogic practices can flourish. The research reveals the practices of collaborative, critical reflexive dialogues on the part of teachers contributed significantly to the development of dialogic practices within literacy learning in classrooms.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Classroom talk
KW - Professional learning
KW - Substantive dialogue
KW - Teacher change
KW - Theory of practice architectures
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 116
EP - 136
JO - English Teaching
JF - English Teaching
SN - 1175-8708
IS - 3
ER -