Ground Rules for Talk: The Acceptable Face of Prescription

I have been completing the proofs for an article on the 'Ground Rules perspective' for talk as constructed by Professor Neil Mercer and his colleagues. It will be published in the next edition of The Curriculum Journal. This article is my second piece on this subject in this journal. The first article, that can be found in Vol. 17 No.1 March 2006, was critiqued by Professor Mercer in his and Littleton's book Dialogue and the Development of Children's Thinking: A Sociocultural Approach (2007).
Professor Mercer can be seen in the picture on the left. Both of my articles critique aspects of Mercer's position on ground rules for talk. I hope it at least contributes to lively debate.