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March 29, 2017
The Teacher’s Guide to Leading Student-Centered Discussions: Talking About Texts in the Classroom
- Author
- Hale, Michael S. and Elizabeth A. City
- Publisher
- Corwin Press, a SAGE Publications Company, Thousand Oaks, CA
- ISBN
- 1412906350
- Table of Contents
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ch. 1 The fundamentals of facilitating : why have student-centered discussions?
ch. 2 Safety
ch. 3 Authentic participation
ch. 4 Challenge
ch. 5 Ownership
ch. 6 The facilitator decision-making model
ch. 7 Strategies for ongoing improvement across all the fulcrums
ch. 8 Strategies for improving specific fulcrums
Engage and enlighten students by skillfully guiding them through thought-provoking classroom discussions using these straightforward strategies. Aligned with the principles of Paideia and Socratic seminars, and packed with real-life examples, this teacher-friendly resource highlights the fundamentals of planning for text-based discourse, the four key factors that shape the teacher’s decision-making during discussions, and tips for problem-solving and fine-tuning facilitation skills. (From the Publisher)