Welcome to this course on Teaching By Discussion which has been developed with Professor Jay Howard from Butler University in Indianapolis, USA.
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Hi, I’m Jay Howard. I’m Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as well as Professor of Sociology at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. My area of research is student participation in discussion in the college classroom, which includes my most recent book “Discussion in the College Classroom.”
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I want to welcome you to this course where we’ll be examining what the research tells us about student participation. We’ll be identifying some strategies for engaging students in classroom discussion, as well as talking about some of the classroom norms and obstacles that we need to overcome in order to facilitate an effective classroom discussion.
“Students who are actively engaged in the classroom learn more and develop better critical thinking skills than students who remain relatively passive in the classroom.”
Get Involved And Share Your Learning
- Share your perspective. Throughout this course, you will see discussion prompts at the end of each lesson inviting you to share your thoughts and experience. We encourage you to respond to these discussion questions and read those of other educators to benefit from theirs. When you see a comment you agree with or find helpful, hit the ‘Like’ button to help other educators find it. You can also reply to any comments from other members that you find interesting.
- Ask a question. You can ask questions of experts and other educators in the discussion threads in courses. If your question is more general, use Ask, Answer and Share in the community to reach more people.
- Pick up your course badges. To earn your Course Completion Badges make sure you mark all lessons as ‘Mark Complete’ once you have completed a lesson. At the end of the course, click ‘Mark Complete’ and you will be asked a few multiple-choice questions to earn a Course Completion badge. Once you’ve had a chance to apply your learning, come back to complete an Impact Badges by applying what you have learned in the courses and answering a short survey.
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Discussions
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