Making Classroom Discussions Work

Methods for Quality Dialogue in the Social Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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For the last 2 decades, the field of social studies education has seen an increase in research on the use of discussions as an essential instructional technique. This book examines the importance of using quality dialogue as a tool to help students understand complex issues in social studies classrooms. The author provides a collection of well-known, evidence-based discussion techniques as well as classroom examples showing the methods in use. While the benefits of using discussion as an instructional method is widely considered a best practice of civic learning, actual high-quality discussions are rare and notoriously difficult to facilitate. Making Classroom Discussions Work is designed to guide teacher educators and classroom teachers in facilitating equitable and productive discussions that will boost learning and democratic engagement.Book Features:Emphasizes the rationale for using discussion in social studies teaching.Collects strategies that have been proposed in disparate journal articles and books in one convenient volume.Presents research-based challenges and supports for conducting and assessing discussions in the social studies.Includes methods and tips to help teachers make discussions more equitable in their classrooms.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-01-28
Mått153 x 226 x 18 mm
Vikt355 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieResearch and Practice in Social Studies Series
Antal sidor256
FörlagTeachers' College Press
MedarbetareHess,DianaE.
ISBN9780807766644

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ContentsForeword Diana E. Hess viiAcknowledgments xiIntroduction Jane C. Lo 1Part I: Engaging in Classroom Discussions1. Guiding Principles for Using Classroom Discussion 11Bruce E. Larson2. Preparing Teachers for Current and Controversial Issue Discussion 27Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Mary Ellen Daneels, and Noorya Hayat3. Supporting Civic Discussions With Younger Students 44Terence A. BeckPart II: Unpacking Well-Known Discussion Techniques in the Social Studies4. Socratic Seminar: Learning With and From Each Other While Interpreting Complex Text 63Jada Kohlmeier5. Structured Academic Controversy: What It Can Be 73Walter C. Parker6. Structure Matters: Comparing Deliberation and Debate 90Paula McAvoy and Arine Lowery7. Document-Based Discussions in History: Orienting Students to the Discipline 106Abby Reisman8. Embedding Discussion Throughout Inquiry 124María del Mar Estrada Rebull, Chauncey Monte-Sano, Amanda Jennings, and Jeff KabatPart III: Expanding Toward More Equitable Discussions9. Talking Politics Online: Educating for Online Civic and Political Dialogue 143Erica Hodgin10. The Structures We Live In: Discussing Racialization of Neighborhoods to Transform the Null Curriculum 161Jacob S. Bennett, H. Richard Milner IV, and Bryant O. Best11. Get Out of Your Own Way: Sharing Power to Engage Students of Color in Authentic Conversations of Social Inequity 176Dane Stickney, Elizabeth Milligan Cordova, and Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado12. Supporting Youth to Engage in Authentic Civic Dialogue in Our "Actually Existing" Democracy 192Nicole Mirra and Antero GarciaConcluding Thoughts 209Jane C. LoAppendix A: Pledge of Allegiance Mini Unit 215Appendix B: Ticket to Pledge Seminar 217Appendix C: Pledge Discussion Guide 219Appendix D: The Pledge of Allegiance Supreme Court Cases 223Appendix E: You Be the Judge: Frazier v. Winn 225About the Editor and Contributors 229Index 235

“This methods volume makes discussion less intimidating and overwhelming, as it highlights many concrete ways to conduct quality discussion in K–12 Social Studies classrooms. All the examples are grounded in theories and research, and rooted in practice. This book will benefit pre-service and classroom teachers who are new to discussion. It can also help experienced practitioners hone and diversify their discussion techniques for equity and justice.”—Teachers College Record