This introductory article to the special issue “Dialogic pedagogy and democratic education” aims reflect upon process of putting this together pinpoint some most relevant aspects articles collected within issue. Therefore, reverberating one editors’ perspectives, not only is paper meant introduce DPJ readers texts compiled in volume, as well it dedicated giving you, dear reader, a glimpse journ...

There has been a growing interest in genre as a powerful means of analysing and understanding texts in cross-disciplinary areas. Genres tend to be conceived as generic structures that constrain individuals and communicative events. In second language writing pedagogy, much attention has been given to raising ESL (English as a Second Language) students’ structural awareness of genres as the rout...

This conceptual paper presents a model for engaging students and promoting motivation through dialogic classroom practices. The author argues that fostering teaching learning in the can positively impact student outcomes. proposed highlights importance of creating environment where feel comfortable sharing their ideas meaningful discussions. article is lensed within transformative paradigm, pre...

Pedagogy Transparency is a quality driven concept built from the junction of the new pedagogy movement, based on Vygotsky ́s social interactionist theory, and the notion of information disclosure. Pedagogy Transparency aims the disclosure to students of how they are being taught and why, as to improve their awareness about the learning process. We present a study conducted to evaluate three peda...