Dialogic Pedagogy - The Importance of Dialogue in Teaching and Learning

This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism and explains its importance in teaching and learning. The authors present the core concepts of dialogism as a social theory of language and consider the implications of these ideas for pedagogy.

About the author

David Skidmore is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath, UK. He has worked in the field for over 20 years and is a member of the editorial board of Language and Education. His research interests include pedagogy, dialogue, inclusive education and prosody.
Kyoko Murakami is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests include social remembering, discursive psychology, cultural psychology, cultural historical activity theory, dialogic pedagogy and social and community psychology.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kyoko Murakami (Editor), David Skidmore (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2017
• EAN: 9781783098408
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-840-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system