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Facilitating Student Learning Through Discussion and Dialogue

Facilitating Student Learning Through Discussion and Dialogue. TEW Workshop August 13 and 14, 2009 Brian Smentkowski. Dilemmas.

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Facilitating Student Learning Through Discussion and Dialogue

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  1. Facilitating Student Learning Through Discussion and Dialogue TEW Workshop August 13 and 14, 2009 Brian Smentkowski

  2. Dilemmas • “There is an unspoken agreement between teachers and students that neither will make very heavy demands on the other. Thus teachers don’t work very hard at teaching and students don’t work very hard at learning. It is reasonable to assume that neither shows much growth or improvement.” • We teach how we’re comfortable, not how our students may most effectively learn. • Students often are viewed as closed-circuit recipients of information. • Dialogue degenerates to monologue.

  3. Solutions, Part 1 • The Pygmalion Effect: When teachers set high but attainable goals, students usually attain them. • The additional effort invested by students and teachers can improve the learning environment. • NOTE: It’s not about doing more work, but working more effectively. • How do you accomplish this?

  4. Act 1, Scene 3, Hamlet. Ophelia: “I do not know, my lord, what I should think.” Polonius: “I’ll teach you. Think yourself a baby…” Problem: Teacher gives answers, not questions; does not allow or encourage independent thinking. Plato’s Meno: the foundation of Socratic Dialogue Most relevant is the dialogue between Socrates and Meno’s slave. Point: Dialogue and facilitation  problem solving. Teachers don’t give answers; they help students discover them. Examples?? Solutions, Part 2: From “The Ophelia Syndrome” & Meno

  5. Develop good questions Be inclusive Be patient Facilitate conversation Provide control and direction Listen Exercise respect, but feel free to challenge points of view Allow students to answer their own questions and those of others Synthesize information Provide a strong conclusion Do not allow students to think they were “just talking” in class today. Facilitating Student Learning: Rules of the Game

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