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Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice (Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought)
Dialogue in Teaching Theory and Practice - Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Author:Nicholas C. Burbules This work offers a detailed examination of the theory and practice of dialogue as a cluster of related dialogical styles and approaches and not just as one entity. The author offers a critical and conceptual study of the nature of dialogue, and a discussion of concrete issues in teaching with dialogue: how it works, why it is beneficial for teac... more »hing, how it sometimes fails, and how to improve on it. Organising his book around the metaphor of playing a game, Burbules speaks to scholars and teachers in sophisticated, yet accessible language, about a topic of interest to both.« less