Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction: Insights from Conversation Analysis

170 Pages·2015·1.865 MB·English

by  Hansun Zhang Waring

Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction
Pedagogical interaction can be observed through many different landscapes,
such as the graduate seminar, the writing skills center, the after-school lit-
eracy program, adult English-as-a-second-language (ESL) classrooms, and
post-observation conferences. By viewing these settings through the lens of
conversation analysis, this volume lays the groundwork for three principles
of pedagogical interaction: competence, complexity, and contingency. The
author explores these principles and how they inform what makes a good
teacher, how people learn, and why certain pedagogical encounters are more
enlightening than others. Drawn from the author’s original research in vari-
ous pedagogical settings, this volume collects empirical insights from con-
versation analysis and contributes to theory building.
Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction will appeal to students and scholars
in applied linguistics, educational linguistics, and communication studies
who are interested in the discourse of teaching and learning.
Hansun Zhang Waring is associate professor of applied linguistics and
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Teachers
College, Columbia University, United States.
Routledge Research in Education
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Educational policy and practice the Body
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Technology, Engineering and In Formal and Informal Learning
Mathematics Environments
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Marginson and Russell Tytler
136 Landscapes of Specific
130 Mainstreams, Margins and the Literacies in Contemporary
Spaces In-between Society
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research literacy
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132 Interrogating Critical
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The Voices of Educators of Color Tara McGowan
in the Movement
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and Rochelle Brock Around the Globe
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133 My School Supriya Baily
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students from a disadvantaged 141 Quality Teaching and the
educational setting Capability Approach
Lesley Scanlon Evaluating the work and
governance of women teachers in
134 Education, Nature, and Society rurual Sub-Saharan Africa
Stephen Gough Alison Buckler
142 Using Narrative Inquiry for 150 Drama and Social Justice
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Asia Pacific international contexts
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Educational Research Women Religious, 1800–1950
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144 Education, Leadership and Elizabeth Smyth
Islam
Theories, discourses and 152 School Health Education in
practices from an Islamic Changing Times
perspective Curriculum, pedagogies and
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145 English Language Teacher Louise McCuaig, Jan Wright and
Education in Chile Dawn Penney
A cultural historical activity
theory perspective 153 Progressive Sexuality
Malba Barahona Education
The Conceits of Secularism
146 Navigating Model Minority Mary Lou Rasmussen
Stereotypes
Asian Indian Youth in South 154 Collaboration and the Future
Asian Diaspora of Education
Rupam Saran Preserving the Right to Think
and Teach Historically
147 Evidence-based Practice in Gordon Andrews, Warren J.
Education Wilson, and James Cousins
Functions of evidence and causal
presuppositions 155 Theorizing Pedagogical
Tone Kvernbekk Interaction
Insights from Conversation
148 A New Vision of Liberal Analysis
Education Hansun Zhang Waring
The good of the unexamined life
Alistair Miller 156 Interdisciplinary Approaches
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Theorizing Pedagogical
Interaction
Insights from Conversation Analysis
Hansun Zhang Waring
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction 1
CA and Theory 1
Theorizing Educational Discourse 4
Principles of Pedagogical Interaction 7
Plan of the Book 11
References 11
2 Issues in Classroom Discourse 14
Classics in Classroom Discourse 14
Approaches to Classroom Discourse 25
Conclusion 40
References 41
3 Conversation Analysis 45
Conversation Analysis as Theory and Method 45
Conversation Analysis and Classroom Discourse 51
Conclusion 54
References 55
4 Principle of Competence 60
Competence as a Participant Issue 61
Attending to Competence Concerns 74
Competence, Play, and Prolepsis 91
References 93
5 Principle of Complexity 95
Multivocality as an Impediment 96
Multivocality as a Resource 110
Multivocality, Bakhtin, and Complexity Theory 117
References 120