Collaboration and Social Interaction in English Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	DeCosta, Meredith; Clifton, Jennifer; Roen, Duane
Titel	Collaboration and Social Interaction in English Classrooms
Quelle	In: English Journal, 99 (2010) 5, S.14-21 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; English Instruction; Language Arts; Classroom Communication; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Educational Practices; Social Networks; Teaching Models; Technology Uses in Education; Influence of Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Sprachkultur; Klassengespräch; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassenführung; Bildungspraxis; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Lehrmodell; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	English language arts classrooms are especially rich sites for both explicit and implicit collaborations among those who inhabit those spaces. In these venues, Bakhtinian "heteroglot voices" (Bakhtin 278) saturate the oral and written discourse that students produce as they engage in discussions and as they write in a wide variety of genres, media, and modalities. When students speak or write, they draw on this polyphony even though they may not be consciously aware of their reliance on the ideas of others. In considering the nature of collaboration, it is fruitful to note Vygotsky's observation that what humans do is social first and individual later. Collaboration is both explicit, relying on social experiences with others, and implicit, drawing on the voices that rise out of those social experiences and echo in the writer's mind. In this article, the authors provide theoretical bases for collaboration in the classroom and discuss a rich array of new technologies that enable collaborative activities for students. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10