The Guided Construction of Knowledge: Talk Amongst Teachers and Learners (Multilingual Matters)

The Guided Construction of Knowledge: Talk Amongst Teachers and Learners (Multilingual Matters)

by NeilMercer (Author)

Synopsis

Through analyzing talk which goes on in primary school classrooms and some other locations, this text explains the process of teaching and learning as a social, communicative activity. It contains transcribed episodes of speech between learners and teachers, and learners to learners. The concepts described should be useful for teachers concerned with the quality of education in their classrooms.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 143
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 07 Mar 1995

ISBN 10: 1853592625
ISBN 13: 9781853592621

Author Bio
Neil Mercer is Reader and Director of the Centre for Language and Communications in the School of Education at the Open University. He is a psychologist whose research has mainly been on the everyday use of language in education and training, and in the course of this research he has worked closely with teachers and occupational trainers in the UK and with researchers in Europe and Latin America. He wrote 'Common Knowledge: The Development of Understanding in the Classroom' with Derek Edwards (Methuen/Routledge, 1987), was joint director with John Elliot of the SLANT (Spoken Language and New Technology) project and chaired the development of the Open University's first distance-education MA (Education) course on language and literacy. He has taught a variety of subjects to learners of varied ages and backgrounds.