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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Classroom Dialogue"”.
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Disciplinary Dialogues: Examining the influence of subject on classroom dialogue, activity type and learning outcomes in English primary schools
There is a large literature on the types of dialogue features that are theorised to be productive for learning; however, there is very little evidence for whether these forms of dialogue are more common, applicable or impactful in certain subjects. This mixed-methods study explores how dialogue …
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An Investigation of the Relationships between Thinking Style, Participation in Classroom Dialogue and Learning Outcomes – A Study based in Mainland China
… between thinking style, participation in classroom dialogue and learning outcomes. Classroom dialogue is a commonly used method for teaching and learning, and ways/strategies of taking advantage of classroom dialogue to optimise learning need to be specified. The study addresses this …
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Developing dialogic mathematics teaching with tablet technology in Chinese primary school classrooms: A design-based research approach to teacher professional development
… evidence has shown the benefit of productive classroom dialogue for students’ learning achievement, higher-order thinking and conceptual understanding in school mathematics. However, eliciting high-quality classroom dialogue is challenging for teachers. Issues of teacher domination and …
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Dialogic education, historical thinking and epistemic beliefs: a design-based research study of teaching in Taiwanese classrooms
… this dissertation explored: (1) teachers’ use of dialogue to facilitate students’ historical thinking and (2) the trajectory of historical personal epistemology through a design-based approach. Empirical evidence emerging in previous decades has acknowledged that good quality classroom dialogue …
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Challenging A Traditional Social Norm In A Second Grade Mathematics Classroom
In an attempt to examine classroom dialogue within a second grade classroom, I encouraged students to participate in mathematics discussions without needing to raise their hands before speaking. I challenged this traditional social norm and established sociomathematical norms as the study …
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Between Self, Others and Thinking: A Phenomenological Study of Adolescents in Dialogue About Literary Texts
… A Phenomenological Study of Adolescents in Dialogue About Literary Texts This study explored 14–15-year-old students’ experiences of classroom dialogue about literary texts using phenomenological methods. Philosophical literature underpinning the theory of dialogue, alongside a growing field …
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Thinking and creativity in learning mathematics teaching
… should include developing an understanding of classroom mathematical interactions. The research literature and professional expertise agree that a teacher’s ability to respond to classroom mathematical interactions depends on her understanding of the subject matter within pedagogical …
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Investigating children’s perspective taking and normative frames of social understanding: A critical design ethnographic study of teacher-led dialogue around stories in early years’ classrooms
… years teachers to investigate how teacher-led classroom dialogue around stories could challenge children’s normative frames of social understanding, promote children’s context-sensitive perspective taking, and lessen dispositional judgments. I also homed in on the role of teachers’ reflective …
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Space and consequences: the influence of learning spaces on student development and communication
… development and communication: 1) student dialogue and community building, 2) interactive learning, and 3) socialization into future professions. McArthur's (2011) paradigm of user-experience of instructional space was utilized to assess the influence of physical and virtual space on these …
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Living Pedagogies of Voice: Co-Creating a Decolonial Project to Reimagine Special Education
… Specialized academic instruction (SAI) classrooms frequently reproduce these dynamics through deficit-oriented practices that determine who is recognized as “capable.” Yet little research examines what becomes possible when special education relinquishes interpretive authority to …
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Making Sense Of Mathematical Language In A Primary Classroom
This dissertation describes a classroom-based research project on the language of primary school mathematics as used in three mathematics lessons and eight structured interventions with children. My aim is to analyse the classroom dialogue and consider the effectiveness of the participants’ …
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Does an oracy intervention affect the way that teachers cope with students who challenge or worry them in some way?
… (EEF) was focused upon improving the quality of classroom dialogue at the Y7 level. It has four key elements: (i) an oracy curriculum, which includes dedicated oracy lessons and strategies for building oracy in regular school lessons; (ii) a training package for school staff; (iii) strategies to …
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Possibility and Process in Post Secondary Service Work: Constructing a Critical Pedagogy of Service
… project works from critical pedagogy for the classroom to begin constructing epistemological understandings of a critical pedagogy of service. After defining narrative inquiry and explicating how it functions as a methodology for a critical pedagogy of service, interview excerpts presented in …
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Designs and affordances for dialogue in Google Classroom: a design-based research study
This project identifies means by which Google Classroom, a digital learning management system (LMS), can support dialogic pedagogy; the ways in which teachers and students explore and generate ideas together through dialogue. Perceptions of convenience and the demand for remote learning solutions, …
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Identity and Pedagogy in a University Context: A study of student experiences and critique in the work of anti-racism in education
… this by exploring student experiences and classroom dialogue. It adopts an interpretist methodological perspective and uses participant observation and interview methods. The observations and interviews are drawn from my classroom teaching, specifically, my modules dealing centrally with …
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Professional dialogues to foster dialogic pedagogy in mathematics: Design and test of a school-run teacher professional development programme
… development [TPD] programme to promote dialogue in primary mathematics in Chilean primary schools. Educational dialogue is conceived as a kind of talk that is both challenging and inclusive, giving students space to express and explore ideas collectively. Growing evidence supports its …
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Discursive interactions in a Brazilian primary school: an exploratory case study
… and learning in the Brazilian context. While classroom talk is often classified as monologic due to being narrow and controlled by teachers, educational research has identified a kind of collaborative and cognitively productive talk that positively affects learning outcomes. This dialogic …
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A Mixed Methods Study of Faculty Perceptions and Self Assessments of Constructivist Teaching Methods at a Regional University in the State of Georgia
… teaching practices by faculty in their classrooms at a regional university in the State of Georgia. The study consulted a wide range of past literature pertaining to constructivist teaching practices in higher education. The findings of the study will be complementing the body of …