Moving Beyond 'Shut up and Learn'
FORUM - Print ISSN 1474-7685 - Online ISSN 2047-7171
Volume 58 Number 1 (2016)
Moving Beyond 'Shut up and Learn'
CHRIS WATKINS pages 27‑34
DOI: 10.15730/forum.2016.58.1.27
Abstract
This article analyses the sort of classroom talk that leads to effective learning, and some of the forces which operate against such practices. It starts with an analysis of the classroom context and the dominant patterns of interaction. These cause processes of learning to be hidden. It then develops by an analysis of effective learning, comprising four headings: active, collaborative, learner-driven and learning-focused. Under each heading important forms of classroom talk are analysed, and principles are offered for developing improved practice.
To cite this article
CHRIS WATKINS (2016) Moving Beyond 'Shut up and Learn', FORUM, 58(1), 27-34 . https://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2016.58.1.27