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Neil Mercer is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge.
Mercer grew up in Cockermouth in Cumbria, where he went to Cockermouth Grammar School before studying psychology at the University of Manchester. He has a PhD in psycholinguistics from the University of Leicester. His research explores the role of dialogue in education and the development of children's reasoning.
Credit: Wikipedia - Neil_MercerOur research shows that when students learn how to use talk to reason together, they become better at reasoning on their own. Credit: Neil Mercer Source: Why teach oracy?Books: Neil MercerUsing Talk to Reason Together Neil MercerQuotations: Neil MercerUsing Talk to Reason Together Neil MercerTags: education (24) | Neil Mercer (2) | oracy (21) | … Continue reading Using Talk to Reason Together Neil Mercer
Become a Conversation Architect Rhetoric Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter In education, considerable emphasis is placed on numeracy and literacy — understanding and working with numbers and reading and writing. But what about the capacity to listen and to speak? Why is so little importance attached to oracy? Is the ability to hold … Continue reading Oracy The ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language
