Research Methods for Educational Dialogue provides an overview of the range of possibilities for researching educational dialogue, underpinned by a coherent theoretical foundation. The authors, Kershner, Wegerif, Ahmed and Hennessy offer an integrated understanding of methods for investigating various forms of educational dialogue, for purposes of description, analysis, evaluation and emancipation. The book includes critical discussion of a variety of methods for investigating the characteristics and quality of dialogues for individuals and groups of participants in different educational contexts. These include student-student, teacher-student and wider professional dialogues, conducted face-to-face, online or mediated by classroom technologies. Consideration is also given to alternative forms of dialogic research engagement and dissemination. The authors argue for the integration of ethical and methodological principles, and consider the potential for innovative research methods that are dialogic in themselves.
Including chapter commentaries from invited experts in the field, research examples and a glossary of terms, this is essential reading for anyone looking to use educational dialogue in their research.