DLGs create egalitarian spaces for dialogue and exchange in which pupils contribute most of the talk¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a UK primary class DLG, over 75% of students participated and contributed over 80% of the talk. → Ruiz-Eugenio 2023 q2 i? Across the 46 reviewed studies, all reported evidence that DLGs enable dialogue, sharing, and agreements based on arguments rather than positions of power. → Ruiz-Eugenio 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Ruiz-Eugenio 2023¶

Ruiz-Eugenio, L., Soler-Gallart, M., Racionero-Plaza, S., & Padrós, M. (2023). Dialogic literary gatherings: A systematic review of evidence to overcome social and educational inequalities. Educational Research Review, 39, 100534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100534

q2 · i? · review · r2

Balance analysis of teacher-pupil talk in a class of 10-year-olds in a UK school during the first DLG session on chapters 1 and 2 of The Odyssey "found that over 75% of the students participated in the dialogue, contributing over 80% of the talk".

"found that over 75% of the students participated in the dialogue, contributing over 80% of the talk"

Ruiz-Eugenio 2023 (2)¶

Ruiz-Eugenio, L., Soler-Gallart, M., Racionero-Plaza, S., & Padrós, M. (2023). Dialogic literary gatherings: A systematic review of evidence to overcome social and educational inequalities. Educational Research Review, 39, 100534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100534

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review's synthesis of all 46 studies for RQ1 reports that "In all the articles reviewed, evidence has been identified that the DLGs enable a learning space through dialogue, sharing opinions, reflections, and experiences". Evidence is mostly qualitative (case studies, narratives, biographical methods).

"In all the articles reviewed, evidence has been identified that the DLGs enable a learning space through dialogue, sharing opinions, reflections, and experiences, reaching agreements based on arguments and not on the position of power of individuals"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Dialogic leadership is characterized by egalitarianism, signifying the absence of hierarchical levels of leaders and followers — related
• DLG implementation is associated with improved language and reading skills and more positive attitudes towards learning and reading — related
• Some classroom discussion approaches improve text comprehension, but gains are not uniform across approaches and more student talk alone does not produce them — related
• Discussion participation shifted from teacher-driven exchanges with few contributors to broader student participation and student-to-student argumentation — related
• Nunn argues the school's main function is to socialize its pupils, and that this does not contradict cultivating individuality — related