ABSTRACT

Acknowledging teacher and student dialogue as key to student development, this volume takes a critical perspective on notions of classroom participation, extending previous scholarship to illustrate how critical, dialogic pedagogies can promote equity and inclusivity. 

In proposing and outlining the parameters of "critical dialogic education," the contributors to this volume document and discuss examples of classroom discourse practices that challenge the monolithic and uncritical discourse practices that traditionally silence minoritized students. Chapters draw on a range of empirical studies and present multimodal data to consider aspects of teacher education; classroom environments; and curricular innovations which promote critical and dialogical student interaction, civic engagement, and linguistic versatility.

This book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students, and researchers working in the fields of language, classroom discourse, social justice, and critical pedagogies, as well as teacher educators and professional development leaders who work with classroom teachers.

chapter |22 pages

Introduction

A Vision for Critical Dialogic Education

chapter 1|29 pages

Affordances in the Development of Student Voice and Agency

The Case of Bureaucratically Labeled Long-term English Learners

chapter 2|26 pages

School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society

Growing Pains in Creating Dialogic Learning Opportunities

chapter 3|27 pages

English Learners as Agents

Collaborative Sense-making in an NGSS-aligned Science Classroom

chapter 4|27 pages

Translating Words and Worlds in Poetry Inside Out

Intergenerational Research With Multilingual Youth on Productive Group Talk

chapter 5|25 pages

Teaching Current Immigration Issues to Secondary Immigrant and U.S.-born Students

Interdisciplinary Dialogic Learning for Critical Understandings

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion

Next Steps for Critical Dialogic Education: Conceptualizing and Implementing a Student-centered Vision