Course info
Course name, Discussion as a Way of Teaching
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success Type of course Book Club
About the course
Upcoming Classes
Class times are Eastern Time (UTC-05:00)
Class info 1
Feb 5 (Wed), 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Feb 26 (Wed), 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Mar 19 (Wed), 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Apr 9 (Wed), 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
Section Id: Discussion as a Way of Teaching
Location: Online
- Brenda Thomas
Description
In their book Discussion as a Way of Teaching, Brookfield and Preskill explore how to plan, conduct, and assess classroom discussions. They suggest exercises for starting discussions, strategies for maintaining their momentum, and ways to elicit diverse views and voices. The book also includes exercises and material on the intersections between discussion and the encouragement of democracy in the classroom. The authors show how discussion can enliven classrooms, and they outline practical methods for ensuring that students will come to class prepared to discuss a topic. They also explain how to balance the voices of students and teachers, while still preserving the moral, political, and pedagogic integrity of discussion.
Prerequisites
None
Administrators
- Brenda Thomas
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