From communication to curriculum
Book • 1975
Douglas Barnes' 'From Communication to Curriculum' is a seminal work linking classroom talk to learning, differentiating types of pupil talk and advocating for exploratory dialogue.
Barnes demonstrates how teachers can structure interaction to promote reasoning and conceptual understanding rather than rote answers.
The book introduced influential categories of classroom discourse, shaping subsequent dialogic teaching programmes.
Its emphasis on the educational potential of talk informed practices like Thinking Together and contributed to the development of oracy as a curricular focus.
Barnes' work remains a foundational reference for teachers and researchers interested in interactive pedagogies.
Barnes demonstrates how teachers can structure interaction to promote reasoning and conceptual understanding rather than rote answers.
The book introduced influential categories of classroom discourse, shaping subsequent dialogic teaching programmes.
Its emphasis on the educational potential of talk informed practices like Thinking Together and contributed to the development of oracy as a curricular focus.
Barnes' work remains a foundational reference for teachers and researchers interested in interactive pedagogies.
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