The teacher scheme for educational dialogue analysis (T-SEDA): developing a research-based observation tool for supporting teacher inquiry into pupils’ participation in classroom dialogue

Maria Vrikki, Ruth Kershner, Elisa Calcagni, Sara Hennessy, Lisa Lee, Flora Hernández, Nube Estrada, Farah Ahmed

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

In this paper we examine two systematic observation methods intended to be used by pre-service and in-service teachers to help increase their awareness of children's participation in productive classroom dialogue. We identify the affordances of these methods for supporting teachers’ reflective practice, focusing in this case on students’ equitable participation in science groupwork activities. This involves the use of Teacher-SEDA (T-SEDA), a sub-scheme of SEDA (Cam-UNAM Scheme for Educational Dialogue Analysis), which was empirically trialled by a mixed group of researchers and teachers, using video-recordings from primary science classrooms in the UK and Mexico. The T-SEDA trials reported in this paper compare a ‘simulated live’ approach based on time-sampling techniques, with a ‘follow-up analysis’ approach, which uses audio-recordings and transcripts. The findings suggest that using either technique regularly can aid teachers in noticing classroom events and adjusting teaching accordingly. The ‘live’ coding approach appears to be the more practical method that teachers could use to audit the development of classroom equitable participation. However, the follow-up analysis emerged as a more informative approach, shedding light on more ambiguous cases of relative participation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)185-203
Number of pages19
JournalInternational Journal of Research and Method in Education
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Analytic tool
  • classroom observation
  • educational dialogue
  • equitable participation
  • reflective practice
  • teacher inquiry

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The teacher scheme for educational dialogue analysis (T-SEDA): developing a research-based observation tool for supporting teacher inquiry into pupils’ participation in classroom dialogue'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this