Processual responsiveness in dialogic facilitation

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Inquiry- without posing questions?

This article discusses what inquiry conversations could mean when learning mathematics.3 Referring to Gadamar’s distinction of true and apparent questions it is discussed what it takes to be inquiring and if this attitude necessarily includes posing questions. Which qualities are expressed in inquiring questions, and what other ways of communicating may have an inquiring function in learning conversations? The intention is to develop and frame the concept of ’inquiry’ in learning conversations, and this is the focus of analysis of an authentic classroom situation, where teacher and pupils are exploring the concept of ’volume’. Further, this analysis informs a discussion of listening as an important element of an inquiring learning conversation

Coaching i mange læringsrum

Coaching in many learning environments. Coaching and coaching skills can be acquired in various ways andin more or less formalized educational settings. This article focuses on a training course at Aalborg University,where students are trained in coaching and in facilitation of coaching. The aim is to shed light on how coa-ching skills can be acquired through a series of theoretical, analytical and practical learning activities in andbetween different learning environments. The article reflects these learning activities from the lecturer’s as wellas from the student’s perspective