
Micro-Reflection on Classroom Communication
A Fab Framework
Equinox Publishing Ltd
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-1-78179-736-5 (ISBN)
Description
Traditional concerns with classroom communication have centered on questions such as who talks more, whether the interaction is teacher-centered or student-centered, whether participation is restricted to a few or available to all, what kinds of questions teachers ask (display or referential), and what kinds of feedback they give. These indicators provide a simple and useful way of capturing classroom communication in distributional and categorical terms. Less attention has been devoted to observing and understanding the quality of this communication-whether it facilitates learning regardless of, for example, who talks more. Based on over a decade of fine-grained analysis of video-recorded ESL classroom interaction, this book offers one way of seeing and gauging the quality of classroom communication beyond distributions and categories. In particular, by parsing detailed transcripts of actual classroom interaction, it invites reflective conversations on how three principles of skillful classroom communication may be practiced in the micro-moments of classroom interaction: (1) fostering an inviting classroom environment, (2) attending to student voices, and (3) balancing competing demands (FAB). Attention to the moment-by-moment complexity of the classroom also allows teachers to learn and practice the skill of noticing, the first step in an iterative cycle of noticing, reflecting, and practicing. That is, along with reflecting on what happened in a classroom, teachers must also learn to notice what is happening in the moment. The goal is to cultivate a mentality of micro-reflection-one that sensitizes teachers to the consequentiality of every move they make as they make them in the simultaneity and sequentiality of second-by-second classroom interaction.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
2 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78179-736-5 (9781781797365)
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Persons
Hansun Zhang Waring is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics & TESOL at Teachers College, Columbia University. Sarah Chepkirui Creider is a Lecturer at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Foster an Inviting Environment Chapter 3: Attend to Student Voices Chapter 4: Balance Competing Demands Chapter 5 The FAB Classroom: Bringing it all Together Chapter 6: Conclusion Appendix A: Transcription Symbols Appendix B: List of Extracts