Purpose The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the role a group facilitator when taking dialogical stance. A special interest facilitator’s processual responsiveness and its potential for supporting dialogic approach process facilitation. Design/methodology/approach Theoretically, article based dialogue dialectic relationship theory. Empirically, it pragmatic analysis excerpts from audio ...

After the introduction of postmethod pedagogy by Kumaravadivelu with its three principles of particularity, possibility and practicality, a wave of attention was directed towards this so-called 'postmethod era' and its appropriacy and adequacy in satiating the demands of the language learners in this 'brand new world'. This situation has created a healthy debate among the Iranian EFL community ...

In Finland, the theory of social pedagogy is not only fixed to certain philosophies. As a science, social pedagogy is based on open communication across theoretical perspectives. In theory and analy­ sis it might be increasingly sophisticated. It might be questionable to speak about a special Finnish interpretation and theory formation of social peda­ gogy, because there is no unified self­conc...

Pedagogy is a term widely used in educational writing but all too often its meaning is assumed to be self-evident. An examination of how the term is used and the implicit assumptions about teaching and education that underlie its use is a valuable way of understanding how the education process is perceived. Many of the strategies that have been developed to redress inequity in schooling have ta...