Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, 2nd Edition

by Brookfield, Stephen D.; Preskill, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780787978082
• ISBN10: 0787978086
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-09
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The second edition of this comprehensive guide shows how to plan, conduct, and assess classroom discussions. Authors Brookfield and Preskill include exercises for starting discussions, strategies for maintaining their momentum, ways to elicit diverse views and voices, and much more. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition includes new exercises, as well as new material on the intersections between discussion and the complicating factors of gender and race.

Author Biography

Stephen D. Brookfield is Distinguished University Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. A prolific writer, he is a three-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Literature in Adult Education for Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning, Developing Critical Thinkers, and Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher all from Jossey-Bass. He is also the author of The Power of Critical Theory.

Stephen Preskill is Regents Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Organizational Learning in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico. He has written extensively on the history of educational reform, the connections between education and democracy, and the role leaders and activists have played historically in fostering meaningful change.

Table of Contents

Preface to Second Edition	vii
Preface to the First Edition	ix
Gratitudes	xxi
The Authors	xxiii
Discussion in a Democratic Society	1	(20)
How Discussion Helps Learning and Enlivens Classrooms	21	(21)
Preparing for Discussion	42	(21)
Getting Discussion Started	63	(20)
Keeping Discussion Going Through Questioning, Listening, and Responding	83	(18)
Keeping Discussion Going Through Creative Grouping	101	(23)
Discussion in Culturally Diverse Classrooms	124	(24)
Discussing Across Gender Differences	148	(20)
Eleni Roulis
Keeping Students' Voices in Balance	168	(24)
Keeping Teachers' Voices in Balance	192	(23)
Understanding the Dynamics of Online Discussion	215	(16)
Creating the Conditions for Online Discussion	231	(16)
How Theory Can Inform Discussion Practice	247	(16)
Discussion Groups as Democratic Learning Laboratories	263	(13)
Evaluating Discussion	276	(12)
References	288	(9)
Index	297