Dialogic Teaching Companion

"Drawing on extensive published research, this practical handbook shows teachers how and why the dialogic approach has a measurable impact on students' outcomes. Dialogic teaching harnesses the power of talk to engage students' interest, stimulate their thinking, advance their understanding, expand their ideas, and build and evaluate argument, empowering them for lifelong learning and social and democratic engagement. Building off his groundbreaking work Towards Dialogic Teaching, Alexander's book aims to support the work of all those who are interested in the quality of teaching and learning, but especially trainee and serving teachers, teacher educators, school leaders and researchers"--