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Meanings and Methods of Pedagogical Innovation

Farini, F. and Scollan, A. (2021) Meanings and Methods of Pedagogical Innovation. In: Farini, F., Claudio, B. and Joslyn, E. (eds.) Promoting Children's Rights in European Schools. Intercultural Dialogue and Facilitative Pedagogy :. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

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Abstract: As a companion to SHARMED training presented in chapter 10, this chapter evaluates how an array of actions, such as questions, invitations to talk, minimal responses, reformulations of children’s contributions and facilitators’ personal initiatives can support children’s voices in actual classroom practice of facilitation. Several video-recorded and transcribed examples from the three participating countries are used for this purpose. The chapter argues that facilitation can be successful in promoting children’s agency as authorship of knowledge, towards the construction of communities of dialogue in the classroom that celebrate children’s active contribution to their learning. The chapter concludes by reminding that the aim of facilitation is to extend the range of actions available for children’s autonomous choices, which is the key aspect of agency and genuine dialogic pedagogy. When facilitation is successful, non-hierarchical interactions are created where facilitators waive the possibility to control interaction, because this is requested by the support of children’s agency.
Uncontrolled Keywords: /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education
Creators: Farini, Federico and Scollan, Angela
Editors: Farini, Federico, Claudio, Baraldi and Joslyn, Erica
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Education and Research
Research Centres > Centre for Education and Research

Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Applied Social Studies & Sociology
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date: 2 December 2021
Date Type: Publication
Title of Book: Promoting Children's Rights in European Schools. Intercultural Dialogue and Facilitative Pedagogy :
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
ISBN: 9781350217782
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
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URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15259

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