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Dialogic Pedagogy and Polyphonic Research Art

Bakhtin by and for Educators

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Presents diverse Bakhtinian dialogic pedagogies through a selection of unique teaching cases

  • Introduces a new paradigm of dialogic polyphonic research art in a critical dialogue about Bakhtinian pedagogy

  • Examines important issues of Bakhtinian ethical dialogic framework including: ways diverse educators conceptualize being Bakhtinian, importance of students’ ontological engagement, power relationships between teachers and students, and tensions between Bakhtinian educational philosophy and practice and conventional educational institutions

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction: Inspired by Bakhtin—The Aim, Focus, and History Behind This Research Project

    • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
    Pages 1-15
  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Chapter 1.1: Two Teaching Cases with Online Forum Discussions

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 19-61
    3. Chapter 1.2: Standalone Teaching Cases

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 63-116
  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Chapter 2.1: What Is Bakhtinian Pedagogy for the Interviewed Bakhtinian Educators?

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 119-141
    3. Chapter 2.2: Ontological Engagement

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 143-173
    4. Chapter 2.3: The Educational Vortex in Bakhtinian Pedagogy

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 175-197
    5. Chapter 2.4: Teacher–Student Power Relations in Bakhtinian Pedagogy

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 199-223
    6. Chapter 2.5: Bakhtinian Pedagogy in Conventional Educational Institutions

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 225-246
  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
    2. Chapter 3.1: Introducing Dialogic Research Art

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 249-264
    3. Chapter 3.2: Dialogic and Positivist Research in the Social Sciences

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 265-281
    4. Chapter 3.3: Summarizing Contrasts and Boundaries Between Positivist and Dialogic Research

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 283-285
  6. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
    2. Chapter 4.1: Lessons We Learned About Bakhtinian Pedagogy

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 289-298
    3. Chapter 4.2: Regrets About Our Polyphonic Dialogic Research

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 299-302
    4. Chapter 4.3: Hopes About the Future of Bakhtinian Pedagogy and Dialogic Research

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 303-312
    5. Chapter 4.4: Project Participants’ Holistic Judgments About the Book

      • Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
      Pages 313-315

About this book

This book presents voices of educators describing their pedagogical practices inspired by the ethical ontological dialogism of Mikhail M. Bakhtin. It is a book of educational practitioners, by educational practitioners, and primarily for educational practitioners. The authors provide a dialogic analysis of teaching events in Bakhtin-inspired classrooms and emerging issues, including: prevailing educational relationships of power, desires to create a so-called educational vortex in which all students can experience ontological engagement, and struggles of innovative pedagogy in conventional educational institutions. Matusov, Marjanovic-Shane, and Gradovski define a dialogic research art, in which the original pedagogical dialogues are approached through continuing dialogues about the original issues, and where the researchers enter into them with their mind and heart.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    Eugene Matusov

  • Independent Scholar, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Ana Marjanovic-Shane

  • University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

    Mikhail Gradovski

About the authors

Eugene Matusov is Professor of Education at the University of Delaware, USA, and Editor-in-Chief of Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. He investigates and works with sociocultural and Bakhtinian dialogic approaches to education.

Ana Marjanovic-Shane is an Independent Scholar and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. Her research interests include dialogue, democracy, and drama in education.

Mikhail Gradovski is Associate Professor of Social Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway. He teaches and researches using a dialogical approach.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dialogic Pedagogy and Polyphonic Research Art

  • Book Subtitle: Bakhtin by and for Educators

  • Authors: Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58057-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58056-6Published: 05 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58057-3Published: 04 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 326

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Philosophy, Teaching and Teacher Education, Philosophy of Education

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eBook USD 99.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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