"The necessity of educating teachers about more effective techniques is made obvious in this excellent, thought-provoking book."

• Introduction - Steve Hodgkinson and Neil MercerExploratory Talk for Learning - Douglas BarnesTalking a Way to Understanding in Science Classrooms - Phil ScottFrom Exploratory Talk to Critical Conversations - Kathryn M Pierce and Carol GillesThe Value of Exploratory Talk - Neil Mercer and Lyn DawesTalking to Learn and Learning to Talk in the Mathematics Classroom - Yvette Solomon and Laura BlackCulture, Dialogue and Learning: Notes on an Emerging Pedagogy - Robin AlexanderTalking Texts into Being: On the Social Construction of Everyday Life and Academic Knowledge in the Classroom - Judith Green, Beth Yeager and Maria CastanheiraTeachers′ Use of Feedback in Whole-Class and Group-Based Talk - Frank HardmanReflections on the Study of Classroom Talk - Courtney CazdenExploratory Talk and Dialogic Inquiry - Gordon Wells and Tamara Ball

"The necessity of educating teachers about more effective techniques is made obvious in this excellent, thought-provoking book."

• Introduction - Steve Hodgkinson and Neil MercerExploratory Talk for Learning - Douglas BarnesTalking a Way to Understanding in Science Classrooms - Phil ScottFrom Exploratory Talk to Critical Conversations - Kathryn M Pierce and Carol GillesThe Value of Exploratory Talk - Neil Mercer and Lyn DawesTalking to Learn and Learning to Talk in the Mathematics Classroom - Yvette Solomon and Laura BlackCulture, Dialogue and Learning: Notes on an Emerging Pedagogy - Robin AlexanderTalking Texts into Being: On the Social Construction of Everyday Life and Academic Knowledge in the Classroom - Judith Green, Beth Yeager and Maria CastanheiraTeachers′ Use of Feedback in Whole-Class and Group-Based Talk - Frank HardmanReflections on the Study of Classroom Talk - Courtney CazdenExploratory Talk and Dialogic Inquiry - Gordon Wells and Tamara Ball

"The necessity of educating teachers about more effective techniques is made obvious in this excellent, thought-provoking book."

• Introduction - Steve Hodgkinson and Neil MercerExploratory Talk for Learning - Douglas BarnesTalking a Way to Understanding in Science Classrooms - Phil ScottFrom Exploratory Talk to Critical Conversations - Kathryn M Pierce and Carol GillesThe Value of Exploratory Talk - Neil Mercer and Lyn DawesTalking to Learn and Learning to Talk in the Mathematics Classroom - Yvette Solomon and Laura BlackCulture, Dialogue and Learning: Notes on an Emerging Pedagogy - Robin AlexanderTalking Texts into Being: On the Social Construction of Everyday Life and Academic Knowledge in the Classroom - Judith Green, Beth Yeager and Maria CastanheiraTeachers′ Use of Feedback in Whole-Class and Group-Based Talk - Frank HardmanReflections on the Study of Classroom Talk - Courtney CazdenExploratory Talk and Dialogic Inquiry - Gordon Wells and Tamara Ball