Seven-step recursive ANT analysis procedure for classroom discourse¶
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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative),q2· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The article adapts ANT into a recursive analytic procedure for classroom talk with seven steps: recognizing actors (human and non-human), tracing connections into assemblages, identifying translations of roles, identifying shifts and changes in the network, delineating interactions' outcomes, examining connections to other networks, and revealing black boxes. Roles are translated through network dynamics: "the teacher played alternatively the role of a source of knowledge, an activity facilitator, and a referee, according to the specific dynamic in the network".
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- Seven-step recursive ANT analysis procedure for classroom discourse: The article adapts ANT into a recursive analytic procedure for classroom talk with seven steps: recognizing actors (human and non-human), tracing connections into assemblages, identifying translations of roles, identifying shifts and changes in the network, delineating interactions' outcomes, examining connections to other networks, and revealing black boxes. Roles are translated through network dynamics: "the teacher played alternatively the role of a source of knowledge, an activity facilitator, and a referee, according to the specific dynamic in the network". (Baruch B. Schwarz et al. (2025))
Claims¶
- Non-human actants such as a Bristol board and task instructions can subordinate students and render classroom talk non-dialogic [+W]
- Dialogic networks in classroom talk can dissolve into non-dialogic ones when task instructions and artifacts regain power over students [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- 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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Seven-step recursive ANT analysis procedure for classroom discourse |
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The article adapts ANT into a recursive analytic procedure for classroom talk with seven steps: recognizing actors (human and non-human), tracing connections into assemblages, identifying translations of roles, identifying shifts and changes in the network, delineating interactions' outcomes, examin |
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