Writing in the Dialogical Classroom: Students and Teachers Responding to the Texts of Their Lives

by National Research Council and Bob Fecho

Book Overview

In the dialogical classroom, students use writing to explore who they are becoming and how they relate to the larger culture around them. Dialogical writing combines academic and personal writing; allows writers to bring multiple voices to the work; Involves thought, reflection, and engagement across time and space; and creates opportunities for substantive and ongoing meaning making. How can we, as teachers, carve out space in our literacy classrooms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814113575
• ISBN13: 9780814113578
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 7.3"