Facilitating Effective Discussion in the Classroom
Do you want more discussion in your classroom? Does your classroom discussion feel like it consists of you and a few other students? This session will help you think through the challenges (for both instructor and student) associated with discussion and provide you with several strategies to improve your discussion in a way that fits your teaching style. Participants should bring a current copy of their syllabus and/or a discussion scenario for revision. Be prepared to revise or plan your own classroom discussion. (m5)
By the end of this session you will:
• Discuss the typical challenges instructors have with classroom discussion
• List student barriers to discussion
• Identify different discussion prompts
• Identify different types of questions to elicit different levels of critical thinking
• Formulate strategies to deal with nonparticipants and those who dominate discussions
• Participate in a mock classroom discussion
• Develop your own classroom discussion protocols
Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 Time: 1:40pm-2:55pm Location: KLIB 219 Group ID: Faculty: Teaching Effectiveness
