Guiding principles for using classroom discussion / Bruce E. Larson -- Preparing teachers for current and controversial issue discussion / Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Mary Ellen Daneels, and Noorya Hayat -- Supporting civic discussions with younger students / Terence A. Beck -- Socratic seminar : Learning with and from each other while interpreting complex text / Jada Kohlmeier -- Structured academic controversy : What it can be / Walter C. Parker -- Structure matters : Comparing deliberation and debate / Paula McAvoy and Arine Lowery -- Document-based discussions in history : Orienting students to the discipline / Abby Reisman -- Embedding discussion throughout inquiry / María del Mar Estrada Rebull, Chauncey Monte-Sano, Amanda Jennings, and Jeff Kabat -- Talking politics online : Educating for online civic and political dialogue / Erica Hodgin -- The structures we live in : Discussing racialization of neighborhoods to transform the Null curriculum / Jacob S. Bennett, H. Richard Milner IV, and Bryant O. Best -- Get out of your own way : Sharing power to engage students of color in authentic conversations of social inequity / Dane Stickney, Elizabeth Milligan Cordova, and Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado -- Supporting youth to engage in authentic civic dialogue in our "actually existing" democracy / Nicole Mirra and Antero Garcia.
Summary:
The field of social studies education has seen an increase in research on the use of discussions as an essential instructional technique. This book examines the importance of using quality dialogue as a tool to help students understand complex issues in social studies classrooms. The author provides a collection of well-known, evidence-based discussion techniques as well as classroom examples showing the methods in use. While the benefits of using discussion as an instructional method is widely considered a best practice of civic learning, actual high-quality discussions are rare and notoriously difficult to facilitate. This book is designed to guide teacher educators and classroom teachers in facilitating equitable and productive discussions that will boost learning and democratic engagement. This book offers methods and tips to help teachers make discussions more equitable in their classrooms. -- Adapted from publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.