Creating Engaging Discussions : Strategies for Avoiding Crickets in Any Size Classroom and Online.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Quick Reference to Discussion Activities Described in this Book -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Strengths and Challenges of Discussion -- 2 Getting All Students Engaged -- 3 Preventing and Responding to Common Discussion Pitfalls -- 4 Connecting Discussion with Learning -- 5 Gauging the Effectiveness of a Discussion -- 6 Learning and Interpreting History Through Deliberative Dialogue -- 7 How Coteaching and Other Strategies Promote Lively Student Engagement -- 8 Got Introverts? Get CAE (Collaborative Autoethnography) -- 9 Using a Contemplative Pedagogy to Promote Discussion in a First-Year Seminar -- 10 Avoiding Crickets by Creating an Orchestra of Students -- 11 Spicing Up Students' Education The Use of Course-Based Undergraduate Research to Foster Student Communication -- 12 Applying Students' Insights for Engaging Inquiry in a Blended Course -- 13 Solve Several Online Course Challenges with Student Critiques of Primary Literature -- 14 Faculty Discussion Group Resources -- References -- About the Authors and Contributors -- Index.

If you have ever been apprehensive about initiating classroom discussion, fearing silences, the domination of a couple of speakers, superficial contributions, or off-topic remarks, this book provides strategies for creating a positive learning experience.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.