Reading & Reflecting Zander

I found the article by Zander especially interesting, as it encompasses many wonderful insights into fulfilling the ideas of a dialogical classroom.

I feel as though Housen and Yenawing both would take the presentation of Zander quite seriously, and potentially utilize the opportunity to build curriculum based on the ideology of a dialogical classroom.

I believe that the reason dialogical classes are scarce in the learning environment is strictly related to the lack of knowledge and efforts put forth from the teacher.  Mostly, I feel that we, as teachers, feel the need to control conversation, as it is a way of keeping classroom discipline at bay.  We tend to lose sight of the positive annotations (like learning something from a student, or covering uncharted ground with a subject), while opening a topic for dialogue.

I feel another reason that is hurting the concept f a dialogue-driven classroom is standardized testing, which may end up being the downfall of education (for both students and teachers) all together, as it limits what can/cannot be taught or discussed in the classroom.