KNOWLEDGE

CONSTRUCTION
THROUGH DIALOGUE
 ROLE OF TEACHER IN
KNOWLEDGE
CONSTRUCTION
 Teacher helps the students to understand,
investigate and determining how the
implicit cultural assumptions, frames of
references, perspectives and biases within
the discipline influences the ways in
which knowledge is constructed.
 Teachers:
 Provide the direction to the learners.
 help in developing inquisitive nature and
grasp the concept
 Interrelate the concepts, subjects and
activities across the curriculum.
Teacher can help the learner to construct
the knowledge through dialogues,
challenges and feedback
 KNOWLEDGE
CONSTRUCTION THROUGH
DIALOGUE
 Students and teachers both need to listen
and debate to other’s ideas and to use
debates to establish common
understandings.
 Dialogue can be conducted in many ways,
such as :
 Teacher announce the topic in advance
and students prepare the topic for
presentation;
 Teacher form different groups of learners
and arranges dialogues among the groups;
 Teacher announces the topic and initiate
the discussion through questioning and
probing.
 APPROACHES TO ENGAGE IN
DIALOGUE
 One to one paring
 Within group
 Among groups
 Teacher as initiators
 Strategiesthat promote teaching through dialogue:
 Engage everyone in the dialogue

 Teacher talk should not over dominate the dialogue

 Dialogue is reciprocal, that is, children respond to

and build on what have said
 Students contribution should be treated with respect

 Students should be prepare for challenges

 Motivate students’ to challenge each other’s in a

constructive way.
 Higher order thinking skills developed among
learner