Inquiry Through Dialogue – Motivating Students to Write
Listen to Master Teacher Rita Pillai share how she uses talk and dialogue to spark curiosity and help students find joy in writing.
Last updated 9 September 2026
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The podcast episodes in the area of Inquiry Through Dialogue (ITD) offer a range of perspectives on why ITD is important for student learning, what ITD looks like in enactment and how it can be enacted in classrooms.
In this episode, Master Teacher Rita Pillai talks about how she builds student motivation to write through the use of talk. She talks about different levels of student engagement and how she uses Inquiry Through Dialogue to get students to be curious about what matters to them and, in so doing, helps them to find the joy in writing.
Further reading on Inquiry Through Dialogue by topic
Topic | Further Reading |
|---|---|
Related Singapore Teaching Practice (STP) Pedagogical Practice | Sustaining Students' Enthusiasm for Learning |
Universal Design for Learning Principles | CAST (2018). Universal design for learning guidelines (version 2.2). |
Social Milieu, Expectations and Value | Brophy, J. (2004). Motivating students to learn. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. |
Episode published 1 Aug 2020.