Discussion in Science Teaching
Teaching approach. This resource is aimed at developing student teachers’ skills in working with discussion(ta). It can be presented to them as a hand-out to accompany an activity or read as reference material. See it online at BEEP website. Although it uses a science context, the real focus of the resource is managing and organising discussion-based activities. It provides guidance on:
- Starting and structuring a discussion
- Organising group talk(ta)
- Role Play/drama(ta)
- Ground Rules for discussion and handling difficult discussions (edit)
| Resource details | |
| Title | Discussion in Science Teaching |
| Topic | [[Topics/Discussion|Discussion]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Group talk|Group talk]], [[Teaching Approaches/Drama|Drama]], [[Teaching Approaches/Discussion|Discussion]] |
| Learning Objectives | Objectives are that student teachers learn a range of pedagogical techniques for promoting and managing discussion and about some of the issues relevant to teaching in this way. A science context is used for illustrative purposes. |
| Subject | [[Resources/Biology|Biology]], [[Resources/Science|Science]], [[Resources/Cross-curricular|Cross-curricular]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]]
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| Other (e.g. time frame) | The BioEthics Education Project site: http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/592.0.html |
| Files and resources to view and download | 6 pages of teachers' notes File:TE0057 Teachers' Notes.doc
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