Discourse, Learning, and Schooling

Discourse, Learning, and Schooling explores theoretical and methodological relationships between childrens' discourse--or socially used language--and their learning in educational settings. Authors in this volume address a range of issues, including literacy, authorship, the construction of self, and classroom interaction. The chapters range from research studies of classroom discourse to essays reflecting on discourse and literacies. Collectively these chapters reflect both sociocognitive perspectives on relations among discourse, learning, and schooling, and sociocultural perspectives on discourse and literacies among diverse cultural groups.

Within the fields of education and psychology, the role of discourse in social processes of learning and teaching has emerged as a critical, empirical and theoretical question.Discourse, Learning, and Schooling explores theoretical and methodological relationships between childrens' discourse--or socially used language--and their learning in educational settings. Authors in the volume explore such topics as language use in classroom settings, perspectives on the teaching of writing, literacy learning and teaching among diverse cultural groups. It contains chapters that are both research-based and primarily theoretical in nature.