Are you ready to embark on a journey of discovery with your students? Enter the on-ramp and merge onto The Dialogic Highway, where students’ transition to the driver’s seat, controlling the wheel and you, much like the instructor, by their side in the passenger seat. Although you will find yourself sitting in the passenger seat, your presence is vital. You will learn to direct and guide in timely moments to avoid major accidents.
The Dialogic Highway is:
- a gamified framework for teaching the skills of discussion.
- built on a foundation of co-constructed Game Rules.
- scaffolded to ensure a successful ride.
The Dialogic Highway was created from a need to:
- address inequities
- give mana to oral expression
- recognise our diverse classrooms
- place students at the centre of engaging literary discussions
- improve literacy outcomes
Travelling along The Dialogic Highway will see:
- role changes for both teachers and students.
- collaborative meaning-making in a safer space.
- student voice being privileged.
- diversity viewed as a resource.
- development of dialogic discussion vocabulary.
- development of a critical literacy stance.
The dialogic highway 