Research Methods for Educational Dialogue

Provides an invaluable and stimulating resource for both novice and established researchers and for teacher educators, coaches and mentors. This innovative book on methods for researching educational dialogue is very timely. Co-authored by a group of leading scholars drawing on their extensive experience of researching educational dialogue, it also features high quality inputs from their network of international experts, research students and educational practitioners. * Jan Hardman, Senior Lecturer, University of York, UK * [T]his book offers a practical and beautifully multi-layered introduction to research on educational dialogue. Students will find the book to be a helpful introduction to the many topics, methods, and questions currently addressed in this field ... Most of all, this research manual truly is dialogic in its very nature, giving the reader a sense of the many conversations that currently exist among researchers in this field ... In this way, the book is an important contribution to the field of educational research in general, where voices that insist on context and complexity are much-needed. * Classroom Discourse *

Ruth Kershner is Lecturer in Psychology of Education and Primary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Sara Hennessy is Reader in Teacher Development and Pedagogical Innovation, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Rupert Wegerif is Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Ayesha Ahmed is Senior Teaching Associate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.

1. Introduction 2. Foundations for Research on Educational Dialogue 3. Orientations and Ground Rules: A Framework for Researching Educational Dialogue, Rupert Wegerif, with commentary by Antonia Larrain 4. Methodological Developments in Research on Educational Dialogue: Mapping the Field 5. Dialogic Participation and Outcomes: Evaluation and Assessment, Ayesha Ahmed, with commentary by Gordon Stobart 6. Analytical Coding Schemes for Classroom Dialogue, Sara Hennessy, with commentary by Adam Lefstein and Matan Barak 7. Methods for Researching Technology-Mediated Dialogue, Sara Hennessy, with commentary by Manoli Pifarr Turmo 8. Researching Online Dialogues: Introducing the Chiasm Methodology, Rupert Wegerif, with commentary by M. Beatrice Ligorio 9. Dialogue, Participation and Social Relationships, Ruth Kershner, with commentary by Antti Rajala 10. Researching Dialogue in Educational Decision Making, Ruth Kershner, with commentary by Sherice Clarke 11. Dialogic Forms of Research Engagement, Reporting and Dissemination, Ruth Kershner, Sara Hennessy and Ayesha Ahmed, with commentary by Christine Edwards-Groves 12. Concluding Remarks Reference Index