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Dialogic Learning

Social and Sociocultural Learning Theories

Dialogic learning is learning that takes place through dialogue, typically arising from what is called egalitarian dialogue, meaning a dialogue in which different people offer arguments based on the validity of the claims themselves rather than on the power or authority of the person making them. Under this concept, knowledge emerges through mutual engagement based on the strength of arguments rather than on the status of the speaker.

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Partially Attested
Origin Year
1960 1
The source states modern interest in dialogic pedagogy emerged in the 1960s; this is a general revival date, not a single founding date for dialogic learning specifically, which the source separately attributes in its present form to Ramon Flecha.
Core Claim
Dialogic learning is learning that happens through egalitarian dialogue, in which participants offer arguments based on the validity of the claims themselves rather than on differences in power or position between speakers. 1
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Paulo Freire, Thinkers
Source Dialogic learning (Wikipedia)

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Source Dialogic learning (Wikipedia)
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1. Dialogic learning (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, Learning Communities paragraph
    Specifically, the concept of dialogic learning (Flecha) evolved from the investigation and observation of how people learn both outside and inside of schools
  • Lead section, first paragraph
    the consequence of a dialogue in which different people provide arguments based on validity claims and not on power claims.
  • History section
    Although modern interest in dialogic pedagogy seems to have emerged only in the 1960s, it was a very old and probably widespread educational practice.
  • Associated With: Paulo Freire, Freire: the theory of dialogic action section
    Paulo Freire (1970) states that human nature is dialogic, and believes that communication has a leading role in our life.
  • In Approach: Socratic Method, Lead section, second paragraph
    it is frequently linked to the Socratic dialogues.
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