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Discourse analysis: a tool for helping educators to teach science

Diskursanalyse als Verfahren zur Unterrichtsunterstützung von Lehrer/innen
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Efthimiou, George
Piliouras, Panagiotis
Plakitsi, Katerina

Abstract

This article refers to a part of a collaborative action research project in three elementary science classrooms. The project aims at the transformation of the nature and type of teachers' discursive practices into more collaborative inquiries. The basic strategy is to give the teachers the opportuni... view more

This article refers to a part of a collaborative action research project in three elementary science classrooms. The project aims at the transformation of the nature and type of teachers' discursive practices into more collaborative inquiries. The basic strategy is to give the teachers the opportunity to analyze their discourse using a three-dimensional context of analysis. The teachers analyzed their discursive repertoires when teaching science. They studied the companion meaning, i.e., the different layers of explicit and tacit messages they communicate about Nature of Science (NoS), Nature of Teaching (NoT), and Nature of Language (NoL). The question investigated is the following: Could an action research program, which involves teachers in the analysis of their own discursive practices, lead to the transformation of discourse modes that take place in the science classrooms to better communicate aspects of NoS, NoT and NoL in a collaborative, inquiry-based context? Results indicate that the teachers' involvement in their discourse analysis led to a transformation in the discursive repertoires in their science classrooms. Gradually, the teachers' companion meanings that were created, implicitly/explicitly, from the dialogues taking place during science lessons were more appropriate for the establishment of a productive collaborative inquiry learning context. We argue that discourse analysis could be used for research purposes, as a training medium or as a reflective tool on how teachers communicate science.... view less


In diesem Beitrag beziehen wir uns auf Teile eines kollaborativen Handlungsforschungsprojekts mit drei naturwissenschaftlichen Grundschulklassen. Ziel des Projekts war es, die diskursiven Praktiken der Lehrer/innen in Richtung eines kollaborativen Lehr- und Lernstils zu verändern. Hierzu wurden ihne... view more

In diesem Beitrag beziehen wir uns auf Teile eines kollaborativen Handlungsforschungsprojekts mit drei naturwissenschaftlichen Grundschulklassen. Ziel des Projekts war es, die diskursiven Praktiken der Lehrer/innen in Richtung eines kollaborativen Lehr- und Lernstils zu verändern. Hierzu wurden ihnen Möglichkeiten eröffnet, die eigenen Diskurse in naturwissenschaftlichem Unterricht mittels dreidimensionaler Analysekontexte zu reflektieren: Sie befassten sich mit ihren jeweils explizit oder implizit kommunizierten Botschaften über den Charakter von Naturwissenschaft (CvN), den Charakter des Lehrens (CvL) und den Charakter von Sprache (CvS). Ziel war die Untersuchung der Frage, ob es im Rahmen eines Handlungsforschungsprogramms, das Lehrer/innen in die Analyse der eigenen Praktiken involviert, möglich ist, Transformationsprozesse der Kommunikation von CvN, CvL und CvS in einer eher an Zusammenarbeit mit den Schüler/innen interessierten Richtung zu initiieren? Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass die sukzessive Transformation diskursiver Repertoires im naturwissenschaftlichen Grundschulunterricht gelungen ist. Methodisch versuchen wir zu zeigen, dass Diskursanalysen für Forschungszwecke, aber auch als Trainingsverfahren oder reflexive Instrumente in Unterrichtszusammenhängen genutzt werden können.... view less

Keywords
discourse analysis; action; research; primary school; teacher; scientist; cooperation; teaching; natural sciences; research project; communication; language; pupil

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Research, Research Organization

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
28 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 18 (2017) 1

Issue topic
Analyzing narratives across media

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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