Dialogic Pedagogy

Anne Thwaite is a Lecturer in Language Education in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia. Her research applies a functional perspective to spoken discourse analysis, including classroom discourse, critical discourse analysis and casual conversation. Alyson Simpson is a Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia. Her research projects focus on the role of children’s literature in education, the power of dialogic learning and the formation of teacher professional identity through the lens of educational linguistics. Pauline Jones is Associate Professor, Language in Education in the School of Education, at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Her scholarship focuses on educational linguistics/semiotics, which she applies to studies of pedagogic dialogue, advanced literacy skills and teacher development.

Part 1: Theoretical framework

1. Research into dialogic pedagogy through the lens of educational linguistics

Alyson Simpson, Anne Thwaite and Pauline Jones

2. Classroom discourse analysis

Anne Thwaite

Part 2: Dialogic pedagogy in Early Childhood contexts

3. Perceiving, labelling and knowing: Mediating educational meanings through multimodal dialogue in Montessori early years classrooms

Susan Feez

4. The contribution of ‘sustained shared thinking’ to successful literacy transitions in English curriculum

Pauline Jones and Iram Siraj

5. "We’re going to do it together": Dialogic discourse with young children in Western Australia

Anne Thwaite

Part 3: Dialogic pedagogy in Primary School contexts

6. Dialogicality as embodied multimodal communication in primary schools

Christine Edwards-Groves and Christina Davidson

7. Scaffolding dialogue with marginalised students in the middle years

Helen Harper and Bronwyn Parkin

8. The changing patterns of classroom interaction: Teacher interventions in students’ creative collaboration in makerspaces

Kristiina Kumpulainen, Anu Kajamaa and Jasmiina Leskinen

Part 4: Dialogic pedagogy in Secondary School contexts

9. Writing talk: Investigating metalinguistic dialogue about written texts

Debra Myhill and Ruth Newman

10. Street Smarts: A developing critical thinking talk framework for adolescents

Maree Davies, Simon Esling and Patrick Girard

11. When monologue isn’t: Towards a linguistic description of Alexander’s six principles

Erika Matruglio

Part 5: Dialogic pedagogy in Tertiary Education contexts

12. Dialogic pedagogy: blended learning in initial teacher education

Alyson Simpson and Tinjia Wang

13. A dialogic approach to teacher professional development

Carole Bignell

14. Dialogic dimensions of seminars in higher education

Marion Heron

15. Collaborative knowledge building: the dynamic life of ideas in online discussion forums

Janine Delahunty, Pauline Jones and Irina Verenikina

Part 6

16. Epilogue

Robin Alexander