Pedagogy or ideological struggle? An examination of pupils' and teachers' expectations for talk in the classroom

Language and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Fisher, Ros J ^a   Larkin, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom discourse; Interaction; Social disadvantage; Talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049108150     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/le706.0     Document Type: Article

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