Co‐operative group work and the development of metadiscoursal skills

Abstract

The concept of metacognition and what it has to offer in practical terms for teachers is slowly gaining ground. Its application in the teaching of reading has been explored elsewhere but here Frank Hardman and Sue Beverton argue that this should be applied to the talk processes. For this purpose they coin the term ‘metadiscoursal’. Their preliminary research leads them to propose that there should be a move away from whole‐class teaching and teacher domination of discourse.