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Remember the three friends talking together at a café. I used this scenario in Chapter 1 to distinguish between dialogue and mere conversation. Let us now revisit the concept of dialogue. The three friends engaged in mere conversation could be seen discussing an upcoming wedding. This conversation may surround the chosen flowers or the final details of a wedding dress. Despite the wedding banter that the conversation may consist of, what is important is that the focus is on retaining equilibrium lest the friends break the rules of conversation. A dialogue however, aims at disequilibrium whereby assumptions are explored and both agreements and disagreements examined. The three friends at the café may turn their conversation from wedding dresses and bouquets to topics such as identity and name changing that may require more critical consideration.
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Chesters, S.D. (2012). Pedagogical Care. In: Chesters, S.D. (eds) The Socratic Classroom. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-855-1_7
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