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Managing Classroom Discourse: An Examination of Teacher/Student Interaction.
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Hogelucht, Kimberly S. – 1994
A study examined a segment of classroom discourse in light of: (1) the complexity of an I-R-E (Initiation-Reply-Evaluation) sequence; (2) the teacher's role as facilitator; and (3) the similarities and differences between mundane conversation and classroom discourse. In addition, the intricacies of interaction between teachers and students in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities
It's Written in Our Head: The Possibilities and Contradictions of a Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse in a Junior Primary Classroom.
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O'Brien, Jennifer – 1994
A study examined from a feminist poststructuralist perspective the discourses available in a classroom using a critical pedagogy, based on a belief that teaches need to make it possible for their students to question the social world constructed in texts. The teacher of an Australian junior primary classroom (with students age five to eight) took…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
The Ritual of "Sharing Time" in a First-Grade American Classroom.
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Pasma, Kristen – 1992
An examination of the ritual of "sharing time" in a first-grade classroom in the United States shows how it reaffirms the ideal model of a "Good Communicator," develops a concept of personhood as "Self-as-Autonomous-Person," and establishes respect for "Authority." Through the development of these three "sacred objects," sharing time functions as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Communication Research, Cultural Context