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Discussion as a way of teaching : tools and techniques for democratic classrooms

Author

Brookfield, Stephen.

Title

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

Format

Book

Edition

2nd ed.

Published

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005.

Description

xxv, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005008307.html

Other contributors

Preskill, Stephen, 1950-

Series

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Subject headings

College teaching. Discussion--Study and teaching. Forums (Discussion and debate)

ISBN

0787978086 (alk. paper)

Standard Identifier

9780787978082