Balen2022
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Balen, van et al. 2022 |
| Author(s) | Balen, Johanna van, Myrte N. Gosen, Siebrich de Vries & Tom Koole |
| Title | “What do you think?”: How interaction unfolds following opinion-seeking questions and implications for encouraging subjectification in education |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Classroom Interaction, Subjectification, opinion-seeking question |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Linguistics and Education |
| Volume | 69 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2022.101037 |
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Abstract
This study investigates how classroom interaction unfolds following an opinion-seeking question asked by teachers or students. By using conversation analysis as a research method, the authors found that to an opinion-seeking question the preferred response of a student is to express an opinion as if it originated from their own thoughts. These responses are often followed by a non-minimal follow-up by both teachers and peers. We illustrate that the non-minimal follow-ups are formulated in two different ways: generic or specific, whereby a specific non-minimal follow-up appears to offer the best opportunity for subjectification. Subjectification is about the existence of the student as subject of his own life. If a student provides a specific non-minimal follow-up, the student expresses himself as a subject, with his own thoughts and a unique voice, which appears to prompt a dialogue in which fellow participants are also invited to express themselves.
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