Discussion As a Way of Teaching Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms

Name: Discussion As a Way of Teaching Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780787978082

ISBN-10: 0787978086

ISBN-13: 9780787978082

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Stephen D. Brookfield, Stephen Preskill

List price: $42.00

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/13/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $7.20

Buy new: $35.42

Marketplace

5 new & used from $9.89

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This text considers the influence of factors of race, class and gender on discussion groups and argues that teachers need to intervene to prevent patterns of inequity automatically reproducing themselves inside the discussion-based classroom.

Book details

List price: $42.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/9/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface to Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Gratitudes


Authors



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 Gender Differences (Written with Eleni Roulis)



Keeping Students' Voices in Balance



Keeping Teachers' Voices in Balance



Understanding the Dynamics of Online Discussion



Creating the Conditions for Online Discussion



How Theory Can Inform Discussion Practice



Discussion Groups as Democratic Learning Laboratories



Evaluating Discussion


References


Index