Designing learning environments to cultivate Communities of Dialogic Inquiry in Primary

In this UC Links Office Hours—led by long-time UC Links partner, Professor Sylvia Rojas-Drummond, and her colleagues Ana Luisa Rubio-Jiménez and Ana Laura Trigo-Clapés from the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)—we dive into the insights of their recently published book "Learning Together: Fostering Communities of Dialogic Inquiry (2025)", focusing on three breakthroughs from the book that help tackle today's educational and environmental challenges: 1. The "Learning Together" Framework, which explores how to connect schools, universities, and local communities to create a "socioscientific culture." It provides strategies to help children become informed, responsible citizens. 2. The "Inquire" Program, which is an innovative educational program that focuses on sustainable development. It teaches kids to investigate how human actions affect the planet and encourages them to design their own solutions to protect nature. 3. The TEDI Toolkit (Toolkit for Enhancing Dialogic Inquiry), a "how-to" manual that provides 20 practical strategies in the following areas: a. Plenaries: Managing big group discussions. b. Scaffolding: How experts can guide learners. c. Peer Learning: Helping kids teach each other. Link to the book (which may be available open access through your institution): https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...