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Creating Discussion Infrastructures in the Classroom

Creating Discussion Infrastructures in the Classroom

George Wagner invited his colleague Ashley Sackler to visit one of his general education courses to see how he used classroom discussions. Sackler was amazed at what she found. When...

Clues, Cues, and Queues…in Online Discussions

Clues, Cues, and Queues…in Online Discussions

How can we manage the flow, when conversations shift to videoconferencing? "One of the skills you are going to need to develop is to look for discussion participation clues,” Professor Sonja...

Prompting Deeper Discussions

Prompting Deeper Discussions

Herbert Watson was an English professor teaching a course on American poetry when the COVID-19 pandemic closed the campus. Like faculty members across the country, he quickly shifted to remote...

Being a Discussion Catalyst

Being a Discussion Catalyst

The class had broken up into their discussion groups as usual. But what wasn’t usual was the vigor of the discussion from one group. In fact, it was vigorous enough...

Ask Follow-Up Questions–and Listen

Ask Follow-Up Questions–and Listen

As the saying goes, Ashley wanted to be the “bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.” She just had to be the center of attention. When she...

Values-Centered Discussions

Values-Centered Discussions

Greg Jackson was dreading today’s class discussion. As the instructor, he had put together discussion groups with a mix of perspectives on the issues being discussed. While the diversity of...

IF Fellow Delivers “Republic Lecture” on Art & Citizenship in Georgetown, Guyana

IF Fellow Delivers “Republic Lecture” on Art & Citizenship in Georgetown, Guyana

IF Fellow Dr. Natalie Hopkinson was invited to deliver the Republic Lecture by the government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on Feb. 22, 2018 on the role of the...

NO MORE TEACHERS, NO MORE BOOKS, NO MORE TEACHER’S DIRTY LOOKS….

September 13, 2012

NO MORE TEACHERS, NO MORE BOOKS, NO MORE TEACHER’S DIRTY LOOKS….

This policy discussion was centered around The Future of K-12 Education. The conversation started off with a general discussion of educational reform. From that prompt, the participants seemed to touch...

Practical Tip: Which easel works best for facilitating discussions?

Practical Tip: Which easel works best for facilitating discussions?

I bought my first IF easel about a year or so ago, and the plastic "bolt" that secures the extended leg broke recently. That easel cost $100, and it only lasted...

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