Course info

Course name, Pedagogy of Discussion Idea Exchange

Reich College of Education Type of course Faculty Development Seminar


About the course

Upcoming Classes

No classes scheduled

Description

The focus of the RCOE Idea Exchange (“Look Who’s Trying”) for the 2015-16 academic year is the Pedagogy of Discussion.

For Spring 2016, we have two Idea Exchanges scheduled. The first session is with Cate Smith (RESE) on Friday, February 19, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. In this session, Cate will focus on facilitating discussion about Disability and Difference and how to use and advocate for person-first language. The session will be held in the Room 414 of the College of Education, the doctoral seminar room.

Our second session of the semester will feature Drs. Kim Becnel and Terry McClannon from Leadership and Educational Studies. They will we will talk about the techniques, strategies, and tools they use to spark meaningful conversations, both synchronous and asynchronous, in their online courses. This session will take place from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on March 23, in Room 232 of the College of Education.

In Fall 2015, we scheduled four conversations. Discussion leaders/guests were Damiana Gibbons (CI, October 7, 9:00 a.m.), Chris Osmond (LES, October 26, 12 noon), PJ Nelsen (LES, November 12, 11:00 a.m.), and Nickolas Jordan (HPC, November 23, 9:00 a.m. - postponed until Fall 2016).

The sessions will last for one hour. The general format of the session (though it will be flexible and guided by our featured guest) will be about 30 minutes of the guest sharing information about his or her practice and then about 30 minutes with participants interacting and asking questions.

Objectives

  • •To consider the purposes and consequences of using discussion as a way of teaching
  • •To participate in a verbal exchange about the challenges and opportunities in using discussion as a method of teaching
  • •To provide ideas for future exchanges about the pedagogy of discussion

Prerequisites

  • An interest in using discussion as a way to teach and learn in higher education

Administrators

  • Tracy Smith

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