Conversation theory is a pedagogical, dialectical and cybernetic framework that examines conversation, cognition and learning between two conversational participants who are trying to establish what is meant by a topic during their exchange. Each participant works to converge toward a shared understanding of the topic's significance with the other, and the theory provides a formal dialectical framework for examining how the participants modulate each other's conceptualization of the topic as the conversation unfolds.
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Core ClaimLearning is a conversational process in which two cognitive systems, taking turns as teacher and learner, converge on a shared understanding of a topic through iterative exchange. 2 Classification
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What are serialists and holists in conversation theory?
Two learning strategies Pask identified: serialists go step by step, holists look for higher order relations.
Gordon Pask identified two learning strategies. Serialists progress through an entailment structure in a sequential fashion, while holists look for higher order relations. Pask used entailment structures to show what is to be learned and how its concepts relate to one another.
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The theory was developed by Gordon Pask, who worked with Bernard Scott, Dionysius Kallikourdis, Robin McKinnon-Wood, and others during its initial development and implementation.
Conversation theory, References list, Pask 1975 entry
Gordon Pask, Conversation, cognition and learning. New York: Elsevier, 1975.
Developed By: Gordon Pask, Lead
The theory was developed by Gordon Pask, who worked with Bernard Scott, Dionysius Kallikourdis, Robin McKinnon-Wood, and others during its initial development and implementation.
In Group: Activity, Dialogue and Cultural-Historical Theories, Lead
Conversation theory is a pedagogical, dialectical, and cybernetic framework that examines conversation, cognition and learning in the context of two conversational participants who attempt to establish what is meant by a topic during a conversation.
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