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Four Things Questions Can Do
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Conversations that Count: The Body of Discussion
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*Note: After taking a summer break from this series, I am returning to it and will finish it this fall. For other posts in the series, see the bottom of this post.* The flexible nature of discussion presents an inherent […]
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“The codes is more what you’d call……guidelines.” Or so says the inimitable Captain Barbossa of Pirates of the Caribbean. When it comes to the rules of leading discussions, it’s an important truth to keep in mind: the excellent discussion leader […]
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Conversations that Count: The Merits of the Improv Analogy
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Fostering Conversations that Count: The Rules of Improv as a Model for Discussion
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Responding to Readers: Pat Sikora on Setting Expectations in Discussion Groups
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Fostering Conversations that Count: Setting Clear Expectations
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Most people, by and large, aren’t used to having discussions. They just aren’t. What passes for discussion in most workplaces, classrooms and small groups is opinining without critique. Very rarely do students actually engage each other in face-to-face conversation about […]
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When it comes to discussions, questions are king. I’ve already touched on (unexpectedly) the tension between questions and answers in a discussion. This last week, I spoke to educators at a Christian school–that very tension was one of the most […]
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According to the roadmap for this series, this post marks the transition from Part One of the series to Part Two. Congratulations to me for making it this far, and thanks for all the encouraging feedback!! Ultimately, reading about being […]
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The Problem of Commonality: One of the problems (and one of the joys!) of informal conversation is that while it is often directed toward a topic, the backgrounds of the participants often diverge so widely that it makes progress on […]