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Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms
Brookfield, Stephen D. and Stephen Preskill
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
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Offers a variety of practical ideas, tools, and techniques for creating democratic classrooms. The authors suggest exercises to get discussion started, strategies for maintaining its momentum, ways to elicit a diversity of views and voices, ideas for creative groupings and formats, and processes to encourage student participation. In exploring the role of the teacher in discussion, they address the tensions and possibilities...
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Dialogue in Teaching: Theory and Practice
Burbules, Nicholas C.
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
1993
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Dialogue in Teaching presents a detailed examination of dialogue as a cluster of related dialogical styles and approaches, not just a single entity. The author offers a critical and conceptual study of the nature of dialogue and a discussion of concrete issues in teaching with dialogue: how it works, why it is beneficial for teaching, how it sometimes fails, and how to improve on it. Organizing his book around the metaphor of...
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Classroom Communication: Collected Readings for Effective Discussion and Questioning
Neff, Rose Ann and Maryellen Weimer, editors
Magna Publications, Madison, WI
1989
From the Publisher
Are you dismayed by the lack of discussion and questioning in your classroom? Good two-way communication can be difficult. Classroom Communication explains how effective strategies can get students out of the "tell me, show me" attitude and into lively participation.
This book offers ideas on how to start and facilitate discussion, utilize group dynamics, and in-corporate discussion participation into grading. Each...
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Small Group Teaching: A Trouble-Shooting Guide
Tiberius, Richard G.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto
1989
From the Publisher
"If I'm putting them to sleep, at least it's mutual. They're killing me."
If your class is ever bored, hostile, aggressive, or just not quite right, if you are open to suggestion and want to fix it yourself, this teaching improvement manual is for you. Organized for easy reference, Small Group Teaching will provide a lift for lagging classroom morale and interaction. So if your students were silent today, don't blame...
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"The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start"
Frederick, Peter J.
College Teaching 29, no. 3 (1981): 109-114
1981
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"Leading Discussion in a Lecture Course: Some Maxims and an Exhortation"
Gullette, Margaret
Change Mar/Apr (1992): 32-39
1992
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"Teaching Controversial Issues"
Center for Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004
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"Managing Classroom Conflict"
Center for Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004
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The Teacher's Guide to Leading Student-Centered Discussions: Talking About Texts in the Classroom
Hale, Michael S. and Elizabeth A. City
Corwin Press, a SAGE Publications Company, Thousand Oaks, CA
2006
From the Publisher
Engage and enlighten students by skillfully guiding them through thought-provoking classroom discussions using these straightforward strategies. Aligned with the principles of Paideia and Socratic seminars, and packed with real-life examples, this teacher-friendly resource highlights the fundamentals of planning for text-based discourse, the four key factors that shape the teacher s decision-making during discussions, and tips...
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Education for Judgement: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership
Christensen, C. Roland, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet
Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA
1991
From the Publisher
The contributors to Education for Judgement maintain that the elements of great teaching can be identified and consciously practiced. Many of the essays describe the building blocks of successful group leadership: negotiating a "contract" governing the conduct of the group; orchestrating a constructive process of questioning,listening,and responding; encouraging independent thinking; and guiding participants toward useful roles...
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Teaching, Questioning and Learning
Morgan, Norah and Juliana Saxton
Routledge, New York, NY
1991
From the Publisher
We learn by asking questions. We learn better by asking better questions. We learn more by having opportunities to ask more questions. The aim of this book is to help both teachers and students develop their questioning skills in order to share in the process of inquiry. "Teaching, Questioning and Learning" offers teachers practical suggestions, illustrated with examples from classroom experience, based upon current educational...
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"Better Classroom Discussions Are a Collective Skill"
Hollander, J. A.
The Teaching Professor 17, no. 1 (2003): 1
2003
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"Using Class Discussion to Meet Your Teaching Goals"
McGonigal, Kelly
Tomorrow's Professor #745, http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/575.html
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How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation
Nash, Robert J., DeMethra LaSha Bradley and Arthur W. Chickering
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
2008
From the Publisher
How to Talk About Hot topics on Campus fills a gap in the literature by providing a resource that shows how to construct and carry out difficult conversations from various vantage points in the academy. It offers a theory-to practice model of conversation for the entire college campus that will enable all constituencies to engage in productive and civil dialogue on the most difficult and controversial social, religious political...
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40 Ways to Teach in Groups
Leypoldt, Martha M.
Judson Press, Valley Forge, PA
1992
From the Publisher
Leypoldt provides forty distinct ways to teach young people and adults, with diagrams to illustrate each method.
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Obstacles To Open Discussion and Critical Thinking The Grinnell College Study
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