value student talk in my lessons and plan for it to take place in groups and whole-class situations
ensure that everyone participates sometimes in classroom dialogue, including myself
take account of children's individual needs and interests when developing dialogue
encourage children to be responsible for their own learning (individually and collectively)
invite children to elaborate and build on their own and others' ideas
invite children to give a reason for their ideas and opinions
invite children to ask each other questions about their ideas
support children in a range of ways to enable them to share their ideas, views and feelings
build on children's contributions to advance the dialogue using my own subject knowledge and understanding
take risks and experiment by trying out new dialogic teaching approaches
listen to students, give feedback and respond in a constructive way
use classroom resources, including technology, in dialogic ways to help children in their learning