Dialogue tools
Creating a dialogical moment means that certain tools, or dialogical actions, are used in kindling a dialogue and in keeping it going. Certain methods can be used to learn these dialogical actions. Dialogical actions can be consciously learned. This requires one to observe, reflect on, evaluate and self-regulate one's actions and behaviour while engaged in a dialogue. Listen to the dialogue scene of the web service “Deep Learning through Dialogue” that is mentioned in connection with each method, because listening deepens your understanding of the method. Dialogical actions are the following:
- opening one's incomplete thinking
- compact expression
- forming unbiased open questions
- closed questions
- responding to inquiries
- focused continuation
- word-for-word continuation from previous utterance
- recognising key utterances
- opening key utterances
Methods, tools for creating a dialogical moment, have been designed on the basis of dialogical actions. The methods included in this card are based on those dialogical actions in the use of which obvious deficiencies have been perceived. Closed inquiries, focused continuation and responding to inquiries are not included because it is assumed that the principles of these actions are sufficiently familiar to the users of this method card.
By using the methods for creating a dialogical moment, everyone can create situations where the dialogue continues, it is lively and creates new understanding. It is important that everyone learns to direct their attention to their dialogical actions, one at a time. Conscious observation helps one see what kind of development a particular action requires. The dialogical actions are practised until they become automatic processes.
In addition to learning dialogical actions, these methods can be used to create dialogue-based learning and knowledge creation situations. Choose a method and decide how to use it in order to teach certain theoretical or practical skills/knowledge. Once every dialogical action has been used often enough, the desired action will have become an automatic process. Alternate between the methods to create dialogue-based situations. This will result in every participant learning to participate dialogically in face-to-face and online communities.
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