Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, 2nd Edition
by Brookfield, Stephen D.; Preskill, StephenEdition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-08-09
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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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 | ||||
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| References | 288 | (9) | |||
| Index | 297 |
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