Discussion in Science Teaching/teaching approach

From OER in Education

This resource is aimed at developing student teachers’ skills in working with discussion(i). Its main focus is on managing and organising discussion-based activities. It provides guidance on:

  • Starting a discussion
  • Structuring discussions
  • Organising group talk(i)
  • Role Play/drama(i)
  • Ground Rules for Discussion
  • Difficult Discussions

It can be presented to the students as a hand-out accompanying class practice of some of the ideas in it or read online on the BEEP website as background reference material.