Orientation Toward Consensus—The “Safest” Path for Teachers to Choose? A Response to “Agreement and Disagreement in Teachers Talk”

Authors

Stine Johansen Utler, NTNUFollow

Abstract

In “Agreement and Disagreement in Teachers Talk” the author shows how Norwegian initial education teachers (Grades 1–4) are consensus-oriented in their facilitations of classroom deliberations. The author emphasizes what teachers say and do when they guide their pupils toward consensus, but reflections on why teachers are consensus-oriented are less prominent. In this response to “Agreement and Disagreement in Techers Talk,” I point to conditions and factors in the Norwegian society and the Norwegian educational context that might explain why a consensus orientation is prevalent among the teachers.

Response to Article

Andreas Reichelt Lind, Agreement and Disagreement in Teachers’ Talk: Facilitative Design of Deliberation in Norwegian Initial Education

Recommended Citation

Utler, S. J. (2025). Orientation Toward Consensus—The “Safest” Path for Teachers to Choose? A Response to “Agreement and Disagreement in Teachers Talk”. Democracy & Education, 33 (2), Article 8.
Available at: https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol33/iss2/8