Developing dialogic classroom practices through supporting professional agency: Teachers’ experiences of using the T-SEDA practitioner-led inquiry approach
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Peer-reviewed
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Calcagni, E
Ahmed, Farah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7667-6080
Trigo-Clapés, AL
Kershner, R
Hennessy, Sara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-4995
Abstract
Classroom dialogue is considered productive for learning but rarely observed, and practitioner professional development is needed. This study investigated how 67 teachers across educational phases in six countries contextualised the T-SEDA inquiry toolkit to conduct classroom inquiries and develop new practices. Surveys and inquiry reports yielded insights into how practitioner agency was further developed, with implications for sustainability. Change was evident in self-reported enhanced awareness and understanding of dialogue and use of dialogic strategies. Increases in students’ dialogic participation and plans for dissemination to colleagues were reported.
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Reflective inquiry, Classroom dialogue, Dialogic teaching, Professional learning, Professional development, Teacher agency
Journal Title
Teaching and Teacher Education
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0742-051X
1879-2480
1879-2480
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126
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Elsevier BV
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British Academy (PM120044)