Education
Discussion can be a powerful tool not just for sharing and hearing ideas but also for building understandings and systems of information. From using preparatory notes to having students plan the shape of a class conversation, this episode explores several ways that faculty can use discussion as a method for allowing our students to be co-creators of knowledge. Sources referenced in and consulted for this episode: Abate, Tom. “How to Use ‘Active Learning’ to Teaching Critical Thinking in the Lab.” Stanford Engineering. Feb. 4, 2019. Brookfield, Stephen D. and Stephen Preskill. Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. 2nd edition, Jossey-Bass, 2005. Cheung, Floyd. “Preparatory Notes as a Way to Individualize Teaching and Learning.” The National Teaching and Learning Forum. March 15, 2019. Flaherty, Colleen. “The Dangers of Fluent Lectures.” Inside Higher Ed. September 9, 2019. Howard, Jay R. Discussion in the College Classroom: Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online. Jossey-Bass, 2015. Lang, James M. Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning. Jossey-Bass, 2016. Sawyer, R. Keith. Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation. 2nd ed. Oxford UP, 2012.