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The Dance of the Dialectic: Making a Space for "the Other" in the Classroom

by Sarah Golsby-Smith � December 09, 2005

This commentary seeks to investigate the effects of Theory in the high school English classroom. Assuming that the epistemological basis for Theory's practice is the Other, my commentary asks whether the practical outworking of Theory allows for the Other to speak in the classroom. I conclude by suggesting an alternative to Theory in the conversational model of reading, having been influenced by Wayne C. Booth and Hans-Georg Gadamer.

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Sarah Golsby-Smith University of Sydney E-mail Author SARAH GOLSBY-SMITH is Ph.D candidate in English at the University of Sydney. Her doctorate investigates the impact of theory in the classroom. She is also a high school English teacher at St. Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney, Australia.

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