Dialogic instruction and learning
The case of one Kiswahili classroom in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12112967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Mukewa Lisanza (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-135 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Culture and Curriculum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-8318 • E-ISSN: 1747-7573 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07908318.2014.912285 |
| OpenAlex | W2075860925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper reports on an ethnographic case study which was carried out in a Kenyan first-grade classroom. The classroom had 89 students with their 2 teachers who taught at different times. The classroom was very crowded and had a high paucity of literacy materials. The study was guided by sociocultural and dialogic frameworks which maintain that social and dialogic interactions have important roles to play in a child's literacy and language development. Thus, the social life of the observed classroom was central to the children's literacy and language learning. Although there were a shortage of literacy materials and space limitations in this classroom, the Kiswahili teacher's mediating role and children's agency in this classroom were paramount. Through the teacher's dialogic instruction and mediation, the children's voices were recognised and acknowledged. There were dynamic classroom interactions and dialogues which involved different practices such as storytelling, peer-guided reading, play, and classroom talk. The study concluded that meaningful instruction and dialogue are important for meaningful language learning to occur. Also, oral and written language develop simultaneously in a classroom setting. Finally, classroom contexts play a major role in language learning
Agency (philosophy · Dialogic · Literacy · Mathematics education · Mediation · Pedagogy · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
Literacy and orality
Foreword by William F. Hanks
Mikhail Bakhtin
The art of case study research
Descolonitzar la ment
Speech Genres and Other Late Essays
Self and Other in Bakhtin's Early Philosophical Essays
African language books for children
I use my mother tongue at home and with friends – not in school!’ Multilingualism and identity in rural Kenya
Classroom discourse. The language of teaching and learning
Opening Dialogue
Social Contracts for Writing
Oral Narrative Genres as Dialogic Resources for Classroom Literature Study
Situated Learning
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |