ERIC Number: EJ1192116
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 19
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Polyphonic Teaching: The Ability to Facilitate Multiple Voices as a Crucial Teaching Skill
Schwarz-Franco, Orit
Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, v54 n4 p429-447 2018
A "polyphonic attitude" is the ability to hear varying voices and to integrate them simultaneously. In this article, I show how both written texts and living classrooms are pluralistic, and I use the auditory metaphor of polyphony to explore the nature of this plurality. Based on this analysis, I suggest that strengthening the teacher's tendency and ability to handle this polyphony will make them better teachers, on both the academic sphere of enhancing literacy and the professional level of managing their classes. Finally, I suggest a few practical methods for teaching texts in philosophy of education and for holding reflective analysis within teacher training courses.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Auditory Perception, Sensory Integration, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Philosophy, Teacher Education Programs, Reflection, Dialogs (Language), Written Language, Figurative Language
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Language: English
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