Discussion as a Way of Teaching

Description:

"In this guide to planning, conducting, and evaluating lively discussions, authors Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill offer a variety of practical ideas, tools, and techniques for creating democratic classrooms. They 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 arising from ethnic, cultural, social class, and gender differences. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize how discussion fosters democratic participation and enhances learning."--Jacket.

subjects: Forums (Discussions et debats),  Methods,  College teaching,  Discussion,  Forums (Discussion and debate),  Diskussion,  Study and teaching,  Center for Teaching and Learning collection,  Etude et enseignement,  Teaching,  Enseignement universitaire,  Unterricht,  Whitman College,  Classroom management,  Effective teaching,  Adult education,  Speech,  Universities,  Democracy