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 framework1. Research into dialogic pedagogy through the lens of educational linguisticsAlyson Simpson, Anne Thwaite and Pauline Jones2. Classroom discourse analysis Anne ThwaitePart 2: Dialogic pedagogy in Early Childhood contexts3. Perceiving, labelling and knowing: Mediating educational meanings through multimodal dialogue in Montessori early years classroomsSusan Feez4. The contribution of ‘sustained shared thinking’ to successful literacy transitions in English curriculum Pauline Jones and Iram Siraj5. "We’re going to do it together": Dialogic discourse with young children in Western AustraliaAnne ThwaitePart 3: Dialogic pedagogy in Primary School contexts6. Dialogicality as embodied multimodal communication in primary schoolsChristine Edwards-Groves and Christina Davidson 7. Scaffolding dialogue with marginalised students in the middle yearsHelen Harper and Bronwyn Parkin8. The changing patterns of classroom interaction: Teacher interventions in students’ creative collaboration in makerspacesKristiina Kumpulainen, Anu Kajamaa and Jasmiina Leskinen Part 4: Dialogic pedagogy in Secondary School contexts9. Writing talk: Investigating metalinguistic dialogue about written textsDebra Myhill and Ruth Newman10. Street Smarts: A developing critical thinking talk framework for adolescentsMaree Davies, Simon Esling and Patrick Girard11. When monologue isn’t: Towards a linguistic description of Alexander’s six principlesErika MatruglioPart 5: Dialogic pedagogy in Tertiary Education contexts12. Dialogic pedagogy: blended learning in initial teacher education Alyson Simpson and Tinjia Wang13. A dialogic approach to teacher professional development Carole Bignell14. Dialogic dimensions of seminars in higher education Marion Heron15. Collaborative knowledge building: the dynamic life of ideas in online discussion forumsJanine Delahunty, Pauline Jones and Irina VerenikinaPart 6 16. EpilogueRobin Alexander