Talking and thinking together at Key Stage 1

Littleton, Karen; Mercer, Neil; Dawes, Lyn; Wegerif, Rupert; Rowe, Denise and Sams, Claire (2005). Talking and thinking together at Key Stage 1. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 25(2), 167 -182.

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an innovative approach to promoting effective classroom-based groupwork and the development of children's speaking and listening at Key Stage 1. This approach, known as Thinking Together, was initially developed for use with Key Stage 2 children. The work reported here explains how this approach has now been applied to the teaching of speaking and listening at Key Stage 1. The approach is founded on contemporary sociocultural theory and research. At the heart of the Thinking Together approach is a concern to help children build and develop their knowledge and understanding together, through enabling them to practise and develop ways of reasoning with language.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Copyright Holders:	2005 Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0957-5146
Keywords:	collaborative learning; collaborative problem?solving; exploratory talk; thinking together
Academic Unit/Department:	Education and Language Studies
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
Item ID:	777
Depositing User:	Users 12 not found.
Date Deposited:	26 May 2006
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2010 16:01
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/777

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