Unit 5.3 Learning Through Dialogue - Routledge

unit : Learning Through DIALOGUE239 unit Through DialogueElizabeth Grugeon and Lorraine HubbardINTRODUCTIONThis unit looks at current issues concerning speaking, listening and Learning in the primary school. Itdiscusses why there is a need to change pedagogic practices so that the Dialogue that takes place in theclassroom between teachers and pupils and between pupils themselves can become a powerful learningtool. It explores different approaches and strategies for introducing and supporting collaborative learningin small groups and suggests a number of ways in which you may begin to develop a range of skillswhich will enable you to encourage effective discussion and dialogic talk in your classroom. This mayentail a reconsideration of your own role as teacher. As Alexander suggests, if we want children to talkto learn as well as learn to talk then what they say probably matters more than what teachers say (2004: 19).

UNIT 5.3: LEARNING THROUGH DIALOGUE 243 extend their thinking. And when you have asked questions you need to pay attention to the children’s

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