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Sociocultural discourse analysis: analysing classroom talk as a social mode of thinking
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mercer, Neil |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | This paper describes a methodology for the analysis of classroom talk, called sociocultural discourse analysis, which focuses on the use of language as a social mode of thinking – a tool for teaching-and-learning, constructing knowledge, creating joint understanding and tackling problems collaboratively. It has been used in a series of school-based research projects in the UK and elsewhere and its use is illustrated with data from those projects. The methodology is expressly based on sociocultural theory and, in particular, on the Vygotskian conception of language as both a cultural and a psychological tool. Its application involves a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods and enables the study of both educational processes and learning outcomes. |
| Starting Page | 137 |
| Ending Page | 168 |
| Page Count | 32 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1558/japl.v1.i2.137 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://people.ucsc.edu/~gwells/Files/Courses_Folder/documents/Mercer-Analysingtalk.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://thinkingtogether.educ.cam.ac.uk/publications/journals/Mercer_JCL2005.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1558/japl.v1.i2.137 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
