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Dialogic Pedagogy Journal Online Conference Programme – December 2025

Thursday 4^th December

Number	Type or Theme	Author(s) and Affiliation(s)	Title	Times			Length (mins)
				EST (UTC −5)	UTC / GMT	CET (UTC +1)
1.	Opening speech	Professor Mikhail Gradovski	Opening speech	8:00	13:00	14:00	10
2.	Introduction of keynote 1	Professor Mikhail Gradovski	Introduction of keynote 1	8:10	13:10	14:10	5
3.	Keynote 1	Professor Peter Rule, Stellenbosch University, South Africa	Social movements and the dialogics of disagreement: three African case studies. Local time (South Africa, UTC+2): 15:15	8:15	13:15	14:15	90
4.	Diversity, Voice, and Agency	Felicia Boateng, The Open University, UK.	I Wish to Talk, But Something Is Holding Me Back	9:45	14:45	15:45	30
5.	Diversity, Voice, and Agency	Si Xiao, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.	Building a foundation for the future of US-China Relations.	10:15	15:15	16:15	30
6.	Pause		Pause	10:45	15:45	16:45	45
7.	Dialogic Pedagogy in Practice	Marion Heron & Estefania Gamarra, University of Surrey, UK.	Developing educational dialogue in higher education.	11:30	16:30	17:30	30
8.	Diversity, Voice, and Agency	Associate Professor Phil Kirkman, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.	A journey into A-level ‘Plant-Positive’ biology teaching: framing dialogic professional development partnerships as ethico-ontoepistemic “knowing-being-doing” boundary crossings.	12:00	17:00	18:00	30
9.	Dialogic Pedagogy in Writing, Reading, and Teacher Development	Gonzalo M. A. Bermudez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba / CONICET, Argentina.	A dialogue about dialogue for science and technology teacher training. Local time (Argentina, UTC−3): 14:30	12:30	17:30	18:30	30
10.	Pause		Pause	13:00	18:00	19:00	45
11.	Introduction of keynote 2	Associate Professor Michael B. Sherry	Introduction of keynote 2	13:45	18:45	19:45	5
12.	Keynote 2	Professor Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA	Paternalistic and Fiduciary Dialogic Pedagogy: Rethinking Education Beyond Control	13:50	18:50	19:50	90
	End		End of Day	15:20	20:20	21:20

Friday 5^th December

Number	Type or Theme	Author(s) and Affiliation(s)	Title	Times			Length (mins)
				EST (UTC −5)	UTC / GMT	CET (UTC +1)
13.	Introduction of keynote 3	Associate Professor Phil Kirkman, ARU, UK	Introduction of keynote 3	8:00	13:00	14:00	5
14.	Keynote 3	Associate Professor Louis Major, University of Manchester, UK	Designing for Dialogic AI Futures: Strengthening Educational Research and Practice through Constructive Disagreement.	8:05	13:05	14:05	90
15.	Dialogic Education in the Age of AI	Souraya Bouzidi (Université Abbes Laghrour Khenchela) & Hichem Souhali (Université Batna 2), Algeria	Extending Dialogic Pedagogy into Digital Contexts: An Offline AI Chatbot for Rural University Students in Algeria.	9:35	14:35	15:35	30
16.	Dialogic Education in the Age of AI	Katherine Villalobos, University of Barcelona, Spain	From AI to Dialogic Education: Learning Experiences in Initial Teacher Education.	10:05	15:05	16:05	30
17.	Dialogic Education in the Age of AI	Ilias Karasavvidis, University of Thessaly, Greece	Voiceless voices.	10:35	15:35	16:35	30
18.	Pause		Pause	11:05	16:05	17:05	45
19.	Introduction of keynote 4	Professor Mikhail Gradovski, UiS, Norway	Introduction of keynote 4	11:50	16:50	17:50	5
20.	Keynote 4	Associate Professor Atsushi Tajima, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan	Not Revolution, but Evolution! Love and Otherness in Bakhtin’s Dialogism	11:55	16:55	17:55	90
21.	Dialogic Pedagogy in Practice	Michael B. Sherry, University of South Florida, USA	Online Discussion Forums and Dialogic Space for Argumentation	13:25	18:25	19:25	30
22.	Disagreements, Differences, and Conflicts	Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware, USA	Courage to Disagree in the Times of Drastic Socio-Political Pressures: Dialogic Fiduciary Pedagogy.	13:55	18:55	19:55	30
23.	Closing of the conference	Associate Professor Michael B. Sherry; Associate Professor Phil Kirkman; Professor Mikhail Gradovski	Closing of the conference	14:25	19:25	20:25	30
	End		End of Day	14:55	19:55	20:55