Accountable Talk®: Conversation that Works

Designed for teachers and learners in every setting - in school and out,in formal learning environments or at home - Introduction to Accountable Talk isan introduction to the theory and practice of well-structured talk thatbuilds the mind. You will learn from the growing body of research and fromeducators who put it into practice, why intentionally structured talk promoteslearning and how educators can design talk situations that promote learning.The course includes video examples of children and adults engaging in Accountable Talk ina variety of settings and will enable you to begin to build Accountable Talk inyour own learning community. While the Accountable Talk program wasoriginally developed for K-12 classrooms, its structures and practicesare readily and productively applicable to any situation in which peopleget together and talk in order to learn. The course was developed by theSchool of Education and the Institute for Learning at the University ofPittsburgh. The Institute for Learning was founded by Lauren Resnick, aninternationally renowned cognitive psychologist, in 1995. Since then, underResnick’s leadership, the Institute for Learning has worked to support theimprovement of education and achievement of all students in more than 70school districts in 23 different states.