Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series)

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 a game, Burbules speaks to scholars and teachers in sophisticated, yet accessible language, about a topic of interest to both.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807732419
• ISBN13: 9780807732410
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"