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Discussion as a way of teaching : tools and techniques for democratic classrooms / Stephen D. Brookfield, Stephen Preskill.

By: Brookfield, Stephen.
Contributor(s): Preskill, Stephen 1950-.
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxv, 308 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0787978086 (alk. paper); 9780787978082 (alk. paper).Subject(s): College teaching | Discussion -- Study and teaching | Forums (Discussion and debate)DDC classification: 378.1/2
Contents:
Discussion in a democratic society -- How discussion helps learning and enlivens classrooms -- Preparing for discussion -- Getting discussion started -- Keeping discussion going through questioning, listening, and responding -- Keeping discussion going through creative grouping -- Discussion in culturally diverse classrooms -- Discussing across genders differences / written with Eleni Roulis -- Keeping students' voices in balance -- Keepings teachers' voices in balance -- Understanding the dynamics of online discussion -- Creating the conditions for online discussion -- How theory informs the practice of discussion -- Discussion groups as democratic learning laboratories -- Evaluating discussion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discussion in a democratic society -- How discussion helps learning and enlivens classrooms -- Preparing for discussion -- Getting discussion started -- Keeping discussion going through questioning, listening, and responding -- Keeping discussion going through creative grouping -- Discussion in culturally diverse classrooms -- Discussing across genders differences / written with Eleni Roulis -- Keeping students' voices in balance -- Keepings teachers' voices in balance -- Understanding the dynamics of online discussion -- Creating the conditions for online discussion -- How theory informs the practice of discussion -- Discussion groups as democratic learning laboratories -- Evaluating discussion.

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