I began this current sequence of blogs by introducing a posting about “Openness to Learning” in which an expert on communication and learning provided insights into how administrators and teachers can optimize student success by engaging in meaningful dialogue. But it isn’t only teachers and administrators who are engaged in this topic. Here are some other “potential” discourse partners who can/will influence student success.
Teacher/Parent Conversations
Teacher/Student Conversations
Parent/Student Conversations
Student/Student Conversations
Special Educator/Teacher/Parent/Student Conversations
Teacher/Support Staff Conversations
In an attempt to curate/find relevant files/links for this current series I went back to my ScoopIt site for posts I had curated for my Dialogue and Learning Board: http://www.scoop.it/t/dialogue-and-learning which has over 500 posting starting in 2012. Here is just a brief listing of the types of posts I curated:
Parent-Teacher Dialogue
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/10-questions-to-ask-your-childs-teacher-cognitive-skills
Teacher-Student Dialogue
Students Voice…what are student’s thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocM9Sqz2gzg
Teaching Students to Give and Receive Feedback
http://inservice.ascd.org/teaching-students-to-give-and-receive-meaningful-feedback/
Parent-Student Dialogue
Good Talk: Raising Smart Learners Through Rich Conversations
Student-Student Dialogue
https://www.middleweb.com/28404/scaffolding-student-skills-for-productive-classroom-discussions/
https://cultofpedagogy.com/speaking-listening-techniques/
What’s Next?
Are there general guidelines for conversation? Do they apply to all partnerships? To all situations? Grice’s Maxims offer a starting place ( https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html ) but are they enough?
Dialogue About Language, Literacy and Learning 