"This thought provoking and highly informative book is a perfect handbook for teachers and school leaders interested in improving the quality of talk in their c

This book summarises the theoretical principles behind talk in school and briefly maps the research tradition in this field. It examines the evidence relating t

“Reading and writing float on a sea of talk” declared James Britton – and yet in our current education system, where the pressure is on for students to pa

Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010 Classroom talk, by which children make sense of what their peers and teachers mean, i