The Dialogic Classroom in Higher Education: Revolutionary Listening for Curiosity, Engagement, and Deep Learning

By Harriett E. Hayes, Jill DeTemple, Jennifer Ellis West

The Dialogic Classroom in Higher Education is a step-by-step guide to leveraging Reflective Structured Dialogue as a pivotal pedagogical tool to boost student curiosity, engagement, and content acquisition.

Learning environments where students are engaged--with instructors, with each other, and with course content--are carefully crafted spaces where listening to understand and speaking to be understood are community norms. Blending rich data with the diverse classroom experiences of the co-authors, this book introduces readers to the theory and practice of dialogic pedagogy and charts a path for creating Dialogic Classrooms that are effective and adaptable.

A nuts-and-bolts guide to better listening, speaking, and engagement in college classrooms, this book is a go-to resource for faculty looking to foster robust, interesting, and brave educational spaces.

The Dialogic Classroom was co-created with Essential Partners, the pioneers of Reflective Structured Dialogue. Essential Partners is a non-profit based in Cambridge, MA, USA.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032913401
• ISBN13: 9781032913407
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"