A single student's open question can trigger dissolution of a non-dialogic network and autonomous dialogic argumentation¶
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q2 i? When a student asked peers their opinion on mandatory vaccination, the group stopped complying with the board task and engaged in collaborative argumentation for several minutes. → Baruch B. Schwarz 2025
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Baruch B. Schwarz 2025¶
Baruch B. Schwarz, Udi Tsemach, Mirit Israeli, Erez Nir. (2025). Actor-network theory as a new direction in research on educational dialogues. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-024-09669-5
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ANT analysis of the episode beginning at turn 76, where S5's open question led students to express opinions and build arguments (turns 77–88 and beyond), incorporating a video clip from a previous science lesson as an actant.
"The previous (non-dialogic) network was dissolved as one student (S5) decided to end compliance with given instruction, and triggered autonomous dialogic argumentation. This network is maintained for 6 more minutes."
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Related Claims¶
- SEDA identifies co-construction and dialogic shifts but does not explain their mechanisms, whereas ANT explains shifts via changing power relations among actors — a broader claim this one bears on
- Non-human actants such as a Bristol board and task instructions can subordinate students and render classroom talk non-dialogic — related
- Dialogic networks in classroom talk can dissolve into non-dialogic ones when task instructions and artifacts regain power over students — related
- Subtle teacher guidance, not imposition, enables interdisciplinary integration in small-group deliberation — related
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A single student's open question can trigger dissolution of a non-dialogic network and autonomous dialogic argumentation |
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A single student's open question can trigger dissolution of a non-dialogic network and autonomous dialogic argumentation |
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