Dialogic Inquiry: Towards a Socio-Cultural Practice and Theory of Education

by Gordon Wells

Book Overview

For more than a quarter century, the polemics surrounding educational reform have centered on two points of view: those that favor a progressive child-centered form of education, and those that would prefer a return to a more structured, teacher-directed curriculum that emphasizes basic knowledge and skills. Vygotsky's social constructivist theory offers an alternative solution, placing stress on coconstruction of knowledge by more and less mature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521637252
• ISBN13: 9780521637251
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"