Caring and supportive student-teacher relationships can contribute to positive outcomes for
students at risk for academic failure, social isolation, and school dropout. In fact, young …

This research project examines students' reactions to in-class discussion as an instructional
technique by investigating the effect of participation practices on communication-based skill …

Enhancing Classroom-based Talk provides an overview of the major research and
theoretical perspectives that underpin the development of classroom-based talk. It outlines …

Spoken language is, arguably, the primary means by which teachers teach and students
learn. Much of the literature on language in classrooms has focused on discussion that is …

This paper explicates aspects of dialogue theory which may enhance our understanding of
educational processes in general and interactive learning processes in particular. Bakhtin's …

While communication is central to effective classroom instruction, surprisingly little attention
by communication scholars has been paid to classroom talk. This chapter surveys the …

Offering an interdisciplinary approach, The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and
Interaction presents a series of contributions written by educators and applied linguists that …

Dialogic education is an approach to pedagogy and curriculum which emphasises the role
and importance of dialogue and critically examines how it can best be created and …

A dialogue journal is a series of collaborative, ongoing reflections between a teacher and a
student, interacting in a forum of written, informal" conversation". Used at all levels ranging …

Within the broad field of research on learning, culture and social interaction, sociocultural
theory is now commonly used as an explanatory conceptual framework. In this article we …