Transforming Classroom Discourse: An Inuit Example.

Eriks-Brophy, Alice; Crago, Martha B.

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ERIC Number: EJ496366

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Transforming Classroom Discourse: An Inuit Example.

Eriks-Brophy, Alice; Crago, Martha B.

Language and Education, v8 n3 p105-22 1994

Presents quantitative data emerging from a study of Inuit classroom interactions and discourse patterns. The research focuses on the transformational effects of the incorporation of culturally congruous social interaction patterns and the promotion of traditional values on these two aspects of Inuit classroom conversations. (19 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Databases, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Indigenous Populations, Intercultural Communication, Language Research, Preschool Children, Student Subcultures, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Models

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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