Published: October 2024

(reprinted from print issue 18, 2010)

Keywords:
Christopher McLean, Michael White, Dulwich Centre, School, Teaching, Dialogical Processes, Transformation, Community, Recognition, Externalisation, Knowledge Co-Construction, Evolution.

Michael White

Australian social worker and family therapist. He is known as the founder of narrative therapy, and for his significant contribution to psychotherapy and family therapy.

Abstract

This article is reprinted from the printed Metalogos, Issue 18, 2010, with the permission of Dulwich Center Publications and is included on the Dulwich Center website www.dulwichcentre.com.au

It was granted to Metalogos after the mediation of Adam Harvatis, responsible for the educational programs of the Dulwich Center in Greece.

Translation: D. Danilopoulos, E. Stavrou, P. Steka.

Edited by: F. Triantafillou, E. Moureli.

An interview with Michael White by Christopher McLean, about dialogical teaching processes (focusing on the notion of “externalization”) which could “transform” schools into communities of recognition of selves, co-construction of knowledge, evolution of students, teachers, and schools.