Dialogues
Concept stretching with dialogues
Sample teacher-led dialogues. Here, rather than providing an activity, contributors will talk us through the sorts focused dialogue they might have with children to intruduce a concept or follow up a whole-class discussion in which the dialogue is raised.
Constructed dialogues. Another way to explore concepts and philosophical questions that arise out of clusters of concepts is by giving pupils short dialogues to read that focus on a particular concept or a cluster of related concepts. This might put pupils a step closer to responding reflectively in an open dialogue by presenting them with and a clear, concise focus for their attention and analysis. Sample dialogues can be used in the same way as the sets of questions to ‘dig deeper’ into a concept.
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| Title | Category | Author | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodies and baddies in the nursery A recorded dialogue to show how young children use, through play, their knowledge and understanding of fairy tale characters and how their conversation can help me to develop their thinking. | Dialogues | Sara Stanley | 26/11/2008 - 14:19 |
| Zero Example dialogue, questions and activities exploring the concept zero | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 07/08/2008 - 20:24 |
| Proof Sample dialogue, questions and activities to explore the concepts proof and evidence | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 07/08/2008 - 19:46 |
| Heroes A sample dialogue giving ideas for challenging students' notions of 'heroes' | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 07/08/2008 - 19:08 |
| Culture An example dialogue giving ideas for challenging the notion of culture | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 07/08/2008 - 18:43 |
| Knowledge What do we mean by 'knowledge'? | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 16/07/2008 - 13:26 |
| Tourism A lesson plan to explore the concept of tourism. | Dialogues | James Nottingham | 21/06/2008 - 23:31 |