Discussion
This section provides resources to develop an understanding of how to use and manage discussions.
There are resources in the following sections that can be used with this section:
- Assessment and feedback
- Questioning techniques
- Using groupwork
- Active learning
- Observing an experienced teacher
Activities with supporting video:
- Promoting discussion?
- Clip one - Watch video or Download Real video (4 MB) WMV video (14 MB)
- Clip two - Watch video or Download Real video (2 MB) WMV video (6 MB)
- Promoting discussion - Word or PDF
Video footage:
- Why promoting discussion? - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (8 MB)
- Thinking about discussion
- Overview - Watch video or Download Real video (6 MB) WMV video (21 MB)
- Example 1 - Planning for discussion - Watch video or Download Real video (5 MB) WMV video (15 MB)
- Example 2 - Learner-to-learner discussion
- Excerpt - Watch video or Download Real video (8 MB) WMV video (30 MB)
- Reflection - Watch video or Download Real video (5 MB) WMV video (18 MB)
- Example 3 - Facilitating discussion
- Excerpt - Watch video or Download Real video (9 MB) WMV video (30 MB)
- Reflection - Watch video or Download Real video (6 MB) WMV video (20 MB)
- Using misconceptions
- Overview - Watch video or Download Real video (6 MB) WMV video (20 MB)
- Example - exploring misconceptions - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (11 MB)
- Reflections - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (9 MB)
- Observing experienced teachers - David's session - see observing an experienced teacher
- Organic reactions - learners devising summaries
- clip one - Watch video or Download Real video (2 MB) WMV video (7 MB)
- clip two - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (13 MB)
- Atomic orbitals - using helpful props
- clip one - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (9 MB)
- clip two - Watch video or Download Real video (3 MB) WMV video (10 MB)
- Cell processes - activities reinforcing learning
- clip one - Watch video or Download Real video (5 MB) WMV video (15 MB)
- clip two - Watch video or Download Real video (2 MB) WMV video (5 MB)
- Gas equations - constructing equations in groups
- clip one - Watch video or Download Real video (4 MB) WMV video (14 MB)
- clip two - Watch video or Download Real video (2 MB) WMV video (5 MB)
- Pressure changes - solving problems - Watch video or Download Real video (5 MB) WMV video (18 MB)
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