Moc v dialogickém vyučování

The aim of this study is to explore the relations of power between the teacher and students in the context of the so-called dialogic teaching, which is a type of teaching that stimulates students’ active participation in the teaching communication. Based on data of a research into the implementation of dialogic procedures in humanities at lower secondary schools, the article shows that in dialogic teaching there is circulation of power between the teacher and pupils. This means that the adjustment of mutual relations between teachers and pupils enables functional interchange of power between both parties. Furthermore, the article identifies partial elements of the circulation of power such as the decrease of the dominance of the teacher and the achievement of a consensus about the definition of the situation between the teacher and pupils.