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Why Explanations Matter: A Study of Co-Construction of Explanations between Teachers and Children in Everyday Conversations in Kindergarten
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Gjems, Liv – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study is to focus on interactionally developed explanations in everyday conversations as important pedagogical contexts. The research question is: "How do teachers invite children to participate in co-constructions of explanations in everyday conversations and what may children learn from this?" Learning to explain…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Communication, Teacher Student Relationship, Discourse Analysis