Exploring Talk in School: Inspired by the Work of Douglas Barnes

by Neil Mercer (Editor), Steve Hodgkinson (Editor)

Bringing together leading international researchers and drawing on the pioneering work of Douglas Barnes, this book considers ways of improving classroom talk. The book covers classroom communication and managing social relations; talk in science classrooms; using critical conversations in studying literature; exploratory talk and thinking skills; talking to learn and learning to talk in the mathematics classroom; and the emerging pedagogy of the spoken word.

Genres: Education

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring and not useful - 2*

Definitely better books and if Robin Alexander references himself again, I swear to God...