{"id":2561,"date":"2025-10-10T11:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/ctl\/?page_id=2561"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:08:36","slug":"facilitating-class-discussions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/ctl\/teaching-methods-and-strategies\/facilitating-class-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Class Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bokcenter.harvard.edu\/leading-discussions\">Leading Discussions<\/a>: Harvard University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lile.duke.edu\/resources\/art-and-science-of-teaching\/leading-effective-class-discussions\/\">Leading Effective Class Discussions<\/a>: Duke University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/centre-for-teaching-excellence\/catalogs\/tip-sheets\/facilitating-effective-discussions\">Facilitating Effective Discussions<\/a>: University of Waterloo<\/li>\n<li>John H. Clark, \u201c<a title=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/27558299?seq=1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/27558299?seq=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Designing Discussions as Group Inquiry<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<i>College Teaching\u00a0<\/i>(1988), v. 36 (4), p. 14-143.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Frederick, \u201c<a title=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/podimproveacad\/10\/\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unl.edu\/podimproveacad\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<i>To Improve the Academy<\/i>. 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Books in the CTL Library<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.libib.com\/u\/ctlbooks?solo=58259704\"><em>Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms <\/em><\/a>by Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill present discussion as a vital practice for cultivating democratic learning environments where students engage critically, listen respectfully, and share responsibility for knowledge creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources Leading Discussions: Harvard University Leading Effective Class Discussions: Duke University Facilitating Effective Discussions: University of Waterloo John H. Clark, \u201cDesigning Discussions as Group Inquiry,\u201d\u00a0College Teaching\u00a0(1988), v. 36 (4), p. 14-143. Peter Frederick, \u201cThe Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start\u201d\u00a0To Improve the Academy. 10. 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