Dialogic Teaching and Learning 

WELCOME TO SIG Dialogic Teaching and Learning

 Fundamentals

 Dialogic Teaching and Learning was reestablished as a SIG during the ARLE conference in Lisbon in 2019. The pandemic years that followed made it difficult to maintain the momentum into physical meetings, but we have met in digital seminars and also arranged symposias at the ARLE main conferences in Cyprus 2022 and elbourne 2024. We consider ourselves a Special Interest Group at least until the Barcelona conference coming up in 2026, but we are in a phase where we are looking for good formats that make sense for all of us in the future.
 

Mission Statement:

This SIG is a forum for L1 researchers with an affinity to “the spirit of dialogue” in L1 teaching. Participants with seemingly different research interests are welcome to join our work and ambitions aiming for dialogic teaching and learning in L1 classrooms.

Quotes from objective:

Ideas about developing education from teacher-centred authority towards an emphasis on student participation are not new. However, making real and sustainable change in educational practice is challenging, and these old ideas are still far from realised. [...] This emphasis on language is rooted in an understanding of learning as a process of interpretation and adaptation rather than as transmission, rooted social practices and dialogic interaction. A shift from transmission to interpretation in teaching is necessary if we are to succeed in making any substantial change in the social organisation of classrooms and schools – i.e., the social practices of schools, classrooms and disciplines that determine the conditions for student participation. (See more here)