Bakhtin's language theories give educators a view into how people develop and communicate with language through dialogue. These conceptions can be applied to teaching in a variety of positive ways. The authors explore how teaching based on Bakhtinian concepts might function in the classroom, paying particular attention to the concepts of dialogue,…

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF OBSERVERS, TEACHERS, AND RESEARCHERS IN DESCRIBING CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, THIS MODEL WAS SET UP IN 3 DIMENSIONS--CONTENT-SKILLS, CONCEPT LEVEL (DATA, CONCEPT, GENERALIZATION), AND STYLE (FOCUSING ON DESCRIPTION, EXPANSION, EXPLANATION, EVALUATION-EXPLANATION, AND EVALUATION). SUBDIVIDING CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS IS ACCOMPLISHED…

THE VIEWS OF EACH OF 13 EDUCATIONAL THEORISTS ON HIS SPECIAL FIELD OF INTEREST IN EDUCATION, PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF SEMINARS, ARE STATED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOURCE BOOK, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO LA GRONE'S CATEGORIES FOR IMPROVING PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION. UNDER "THE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF TEACHING" ARE THE VIEWS OF (1) B.O. SMITH…

The views of each of 13 educational theorists on his special field of interest in education, presented in a series of seminars, are stated by the author of this resource book, classified according to LaGrone's categories for improving preservice teacher education. Under "The Analytical Study of Teaching" are the views of (1) B.O. Smith…

True learning requires that students "make meaning" for themselves, but the patterns of verbal behavior that prevail in secondary classrooms tend to stifle rather than facilitate this process. Excerpts from tape recordings of lessons in three secondary classrooms show that, whereas the teachers display great autonomy and control over what they…

Examines Language development in mainstream education through analysis of the language demands made on bilingual pupils by tasks and interactions in subject classrooms and the responses pupils make to these demands. Argues that the samples analyzed demonstrate the potentially crucial role of contextual factors in the English language development…

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Media Project was developed to determine whether (1) the gap between the producer and the user of educational innovations could be bridged; (2) a meaningful way to present the results of educational research to the user could be designed; and (3) the integrated and functional use…