{"product_id":"dialogic-readers-fiona-maine-9780415728089","title":"Dialogic Readers: Children talking and thinking together about visual texts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDialogic Readers: Children talking and thinking together about visual texts\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the sophisticated and dynamic discussions that primary-aged children can have as they talk together to make meaning from a variety of texts, and it highlights the potential for talk between readers as a tool for critical and creative thinking. It proposes a new dialogic theory of reading comprehension that incorporates multi-modal media and adds further weight to the argument that talk as a tool for learning should form a central part of primary classroom learning and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the language of co-construction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- children's critical and creative responses to text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the dialogic transaction between text and readers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- the use of language as a tool for creating a social cohesion between readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis significant work is aimed at educational lecturers, researchers and students who want to explore an expanded notion of reading comprehension in the twenty-first century, realizing how opportunities for children thinking creatively together might transform the potential for learning in the classroom. It provides a framework for analyzing co-constructive talk with suggestions for promoting children's critical and creative thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiona Maine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415728088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415728089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.32d","brand":"Fiona Maine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128464404735,"sku":"9780415728089","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58dd8562-0676-43d1-bf10-deac62a773a0.jpg?v=1687458807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dialogic-readers-fiona-maine-9780415728089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}