Dialogic Readers Children talking and thinking together about visual texts
Synopsis
Dialogic Readers: Children talking and thinking together about visual texts celebrates the sophisticated and dynamic discussions that primary-aged children can have as they talk together to make meaning from a variety of texts, and it highlights the potential for talk between readers as a tool for critical and creative thinking. It proposes a new dialogic theory of reading comprehension that incorporates multi-modal media and adds further weight to the argument that talk as a tool for learning should form a central part of primary classroom learning and teaching.The book explores:
• the language of co-construction
• children’s critical and creative responses to text
• the dialogic transaction between text and readers
• the use of language as a tool for creating a social cohesion between readers.
This significant work is aimed at educational lecturers, researchers and students who want to explore an expanded notion of reading comprehension in the twenty-first century, realizing how opportunities for children thinking creatively together might transform the potential for learning in the classroom. It provides a framework for analyzing co-constructive talk with suggestions for promoting children’s critical and creative thinking.
Book details
- Author:
- Fiona Maine
- ISBN:
- 9781317512318
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781315718217, 9780415728072, 9780415728089
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 136
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2022-03-05
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Copyright by:
- Fiona Maine
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Education, Nonfiction