Foundations of Dialogic Teaching

This five-week course is designed for teachers who are interested in learning about educational dialogue. It will present different perspectives on educational dialogue to develop participants’ thinking about their own classroom practices and support them to plan dialogic activities for their students.

After completing this course, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate understanding the distinction between educational dialogue and classroom talk, and the relationship of dialogue to thinking and learning
Differentiate between dialogue and oracy, and the relationship between the two
Apply the approaches a teacher can use to teach dialogically
Demonstrate understanding the principles for dialogic teaching and explore how thinking happens through dialogue and exploratory talk
Evaluate own practices

Eligibility
All educators in Ras Al Khaimah and across the United Arab Emirates

Mode of Delivery
Virtual Training