Dialogue is presented as human alternative to armed conflict. A non-national forum where interests and values can be uncovered, and which provides context for potential dialogic encounter, is tentatively suggested. Some insights from realm of counseling and psychotherapy that can contribute to understanding of the nature of dialogue are explored.…

Uses the critical perspectives of Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of language and Lev Vygotsky's theory of language learning to examine the polyphonic texture of writing workshops, the dialogic classroom, the teacher's role as writer and authority figure, and the student's search for voice and role. (RAE)

Discusses the need for multicultural dialog as a meaningful exchange of ideas and emotions among stakeholders in a culturally diverse society. Presents strategies for incorporating multicultural dialog in specific science activities. (JRH)

The Socratic method offers a useful framework for education reform and valuable insights into the nature of learning. In this method, learning is a shared endeavor; wisdom means awareness of one's ignorance; the focus is on questioning, not answers; and thinking is valued as the quintessential human activity. (SK)

Continuing education programs that remain in the safety of objective content may deprive participants of opportunities for dialog, a chance to integrate their lives and work and to develop capacity for relatedness, intercultural communication, and community. (SK)

Reviews the contributions of G. Spindler and L. Spindler to anthropology in "The American Cultural Dialogue and Its Transmission" (Falmer Press, 1990), "Interpretive Ethnography and Education: At Home and Abroad" (Lawrence Erlbaum, 1987), and "Education and Cultural Process: Anthropological Approaches" (Waveland…

Describing incidents of racial tension on college campuses, the author presents the efforts of University of Memphis's Office of Diversity to increase dialog, critical thinking, and a democratic environment among students. Shows how Freire's conscientization and the philosophical perspectives of Mezirow and Lindeman were used in the process. (SK)

Analysis of the math talk of two 17-year olds and their teacher showed how students used modality markers to convey social and math attitudes. One student conformed to and supported the dominant discourse of math as an impersonal set of procedures. The other expressed more personal involvement in math, which is typically not supported in classroom…

Interviews with the heads of the Topsfield Foundation and its Study Circles Resource Center elaborate on the use of study circles as a forum for discussion of public issues that leads to constructive social change. (SK)

Discusses recent debates on the teaching of critical thinking. Draws a distinction between critical thinking and dialogic thinking and demonstrates how critical dialog can help students explore their own views as well as views to which they have not been previously exposed. (Author/VWL)

Edible Connections is a public forum intended to facilitate dialog on food system issues. Media representatives are participants, and the focus is on solutions to local food system issues and problems. (Contains 22 references.) (JOW)

Explains Freire's key concepts: "banking" education, conscientization, dialog, and facilitation. Discusses how Freire's notion of power and empowerment could potentially lead to ideological manipulation serving an educator's agenda. (SK)

This study investigates three aspects of social communication in 12-month-old infants and their caregivers: (a) caregiver conversational style, (b) caregiver gesture, and (c) infant engagement. Differences in caregiver behavior during passive joint engagement were associated with language outcomes. Although total mean duration of infant time in…

This paper examines a study of the wastewater collection and treatment issues of Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas by University of Arkansas at Little Rock personnel and how it constitutes dialogic public relations. The paper defines dialogic public relations using Kent and Taylor's work and then uses their criteria to describe how this…

This article details a teaching method for intercultural business communication for ESL students in New Zealand and Australia. These students are often international students, many from Asia. In particular, in the past few years, a significant proportion of them have come from China. The diverse cultural backgrounds in the classroom pose…