Dialogue, Argumentation and Education

History, Theory and Practice

Michael J Baker author Baruch B Schwarz author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:22nd Dec '16

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This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation.

New pedagogical visions and technological developments have brought argumentation to the fore of educational practice. This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation, as a means to gain deeper understanding and knowledge in specific disciplines.New pedagogical visions and technological developments have brought argumentation to the fore of educational practice. Whereas students previously 'learned to 'argue', they now 'argue to learn': collaborative argumentation-based learning has become a popular and valuable pedagogical technique, across a variety of tasks and disciplines. Researchers have explored the conditions under which arguing to learn is successful, have described some of its learning potentials (such as for conceptual change and reflexive learning) and have developed Internet-based tools to support such learning. However, the further advancement of this field presently faces several problems, which the present book addresses. Three dimensions of analysis - historical, theoretical and empirical - are integrated throughout the book. Given the nature of its object of study - dialogue, interaction, argumentation, learning and teaching - the book is resolutely multidisciplinary, drawing on research on learning in educational and psychological sciences, as well as on philosophical and linguistic theories of dialogue and argumentation.

'Dialogue, Argumentation, and Education is a provocative book that will challenge the way that many mathematics educators think about their field of inquiry.' Keith Weber, Educational Studies in Mathematics

ISBN: 9781107141810

Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 25mm

Weight: 640g

316 pages