Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice

by Nicholas C. Burbules

Book Overview

This work offers a detailed examination of the theory and practice of dialogue as a cluster of related dialogical styles and approaches and not just as one entity. The author offers a critical and conceptual study of the nature of dialogue, and a discussion of concrete issues in teaching with dialogue: how it works, why it is beneficial for teaching, how it sometimes fails, and how to improve on it. Organising his book around the metaphor of playing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807732427
• ISBN13: 9780807732427
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"