Imagining the Dialogic Campus

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The attention economy poses several challenges in higher education. Young people’s capacity to read deeply and write critically has shrunk. Clear thinking is more important than ever not only for assessment but battling a digital age of misinformation. Students report worsening mental health, staff report friction with their students – what can we do?

Our answer is a “dialogic campus”. Aside from having dialogue in class, we will explore being dialogic as a community. What might a dialogic campus have that does not exist now? How can we shift from habitual relationships on campus to something dialogic? Could new ways relating improve true engagement, rather than empty participation?

Dr Emma Taylor is a Lecturer in Education at King’s Academy, the centre for teaching and learning at King’s College London. She is currently leading on a project to embed dialogic principles and practices both inside and outside the classroom at the institution.

Charlie Hyde (AKC) is a politics graduate who has conducted research and communications for two projects investigating loneliness and belonging in higher education, underpinning his support for Dialogues and assessment reform in King’s Academy.

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