Discussion in Science Teaching/teaching approach

This resource is aimed at developing student teachers’ skills in working with discussion⁽ⁱ⁾. It can be presented to them as a hand-out to accompany practice of an idea within or read as reference material online at BEEP website . Using a science context for illustration, its main focus is on managing and organising discussion-based activities. It provides guidance on:

• Starting and structuring a discussion
• Organising group talk⁽ⁱ⁾
• Role Play/drama⁽ⁱ⁾
• Ground Rules for discussion and handling difficult discussions