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Book Synopsis"This thought provoking and highly informative book is a perfect handbook for teachers and school leaders interested in improving the quality of talk in their classrooms."Amy Gaunt and Alice Stott, Directors at Voice 21 and authors of
Transform Teaching and Learning through Talk: the Oracy Imperative. âœFor practising teachers, it offers a guide to how to exercise sound professional judgement in selecting and sustaining strategies that place talk at the centre of teaching and learning, so that all students benefit.âAlan Howe, Education Consultant and Associate with Oracy Cambridge
Purposeful classroom talk, or oracy, is increasingly recognised as fundamental for supporting both personal and academic development and for enhancing genuine participation in learning. Based on classroom observations and interviews, this book offers an analysis of schoolsâ responses to improving the quality of both learning to talk and talking to
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Making the case for classroom talk
CHAPTER 2: Putting classroom talk in practice
CHAPTER 3: Learning to talk and listen
CHAPTER 4: Talking with the teacher as a whole class
CHAPTER 5: Talking with peers
CHAPTER 6: Moving towards a dialogic classroom
CHAPTER 7: Talking with digital technology
CHAPTER 8: Sustaining classroom talk across the school
CHAPTER 9: Moving forwards with classroom talk in practice
