DIALOGIC TEACHING FRAMEWORK AND STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Abstract

Dialogue stems from the Greek word dialogos; its roots are dia and logos. Dia means through, and logos mean reason or speech.  Put together, it means conversation through speech or reasoning. Any written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more persons is known as Dialogue. Dialogue is mainly associated with Socratic Dialogue as developed by Plato, who first used the term in his work relating it to the art of debate. The Platonic Dialogue exhibits Socrates as a speaker and one or more interlocutors discussing some philosophical questions. Platonic Dialogue had its foundations in the mime. Years later, Plato simplified the form from literary work and to a pure argumentative conversation (Jazdzewska, 2015).