Using Talk Effectively in the Primary Classroom - Softcover

Eke, Richard; Lee, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415342813 ISBN 13: 9780415342810

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Drawing on their research into the quality, quantity and type of talk that happens in the everyday primary classroom, the authors offer insights into the most effective ways of using talk to improve teaching and learning. They consider broad classroom-based issues, such as:

• what is important about talk?
• what children know about talk when they get to school
• the voice of authority and the voice of the learner
• whole class teaching for diversity
• the experience of boys and girls, and children with special needs
• using talk in the Literacy and Numeracy Hours
• using talk in science and ICT.
  

Packed full of quotes from teachers and pupils in action, this innovative guide presents a range of practical ways that teachers can develop their interactions with their pupils to raise standards in all primary schools.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Eke is Joint Head of Academic Development for the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of the West of England, UK.

John Lee is Reader in Education in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of the West of England, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415342813
• ISBN 13: 9780415342810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132