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Author Backer, David I., author

Title Elements of discussion / by David I. Backer
Published Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Critical constructions: studies in education and society
Contents Preface -- Chairs -- Tables -- How Did You Get To This Discussion? -- What Discussion Is and Is Not: Recitation -- Be Early -- "Hi" -- Here We Are ... -- Check-In -- Bodies -- Physical Activity -- Written and Spoken Discussion -- Online Discussion -- The Living Silence -- Questions -- Collective Questioning -- The First Silence -- The Second Silence -- Your Eyes -- The General Rule of Silences -- Notes -- Freedom -- Dehiscence -- Make Your Voice a Mixtape -- The White Man -- Different Kinds of Quiet People -- Deliberation and Discussion -- Mmmmmm -- Repair -- Be Unsure -- Facilitator/Participant -- One Person Is a Universe -- Openness -- Discussion Over Time -- A Good Rule -- Proper Names -- "I Learned A Lot From What You Said" -- Food -- Equality -- Language -- Talking Sticks and Bells -- Turn vs. Comment -- The Average Game -- Counting -- Making Decisions -- Discussion and Democracy -- What Discussion Is and Is Not: Dialogue -- Discussion Is Not Socratic -- Discussion and Conversation -- "Sharing Ideas" -- Be Aware of the Time -- Get Exuberant Once or Twice -- Pause -- Knowing the Stakes -- Therapy -- When Things Boil -- Sexism -- Facilitator Power -- English -- Discipline -- Other Theories -- Fairy Tale Tennis Ball -- Remembering Game -- Emotional Social Contract -- Tangents -- Comment Game -- Debrief -- Discussing Discussion -- Reading List -- About the Author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Discussion.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Discussion
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781681232829
1681232820