Questions and topics for dicussion What is a definitions of a role-play?
What is a role-play activity?
Why use role-play?
What is a role of the teacher?
Discussion about correct mistakes when using role-play.
Discussion Discussion methods are a variety of forums for open-ended, collaborative exchange of ideas among a teacher and students or among students for the purpose of furthering students thinking, learning, problem solving, understanding, or literary appreciation. Participants present multiple points of view, respond to the ideas of others, and reflect on their own ideas in an effort to build their knowledge, understanding, or interpretation of the matter at hand.Discussions may occur among members of a dyad, small group, or whole class and be teacher-led or student-led. They frequently involve discussion of a written text, though discussion can also focus on a problem, issue, or topic that has its basis in a “text” in the larger sense of the term (e.g., a discipline, the media, a societal norm). Other terms for discussions used for pedagogical purposes are instructional conversations (Tharp & Gallimore, 1988) and substantive conversations (Newmann,1990).A defining feature of discussion is that students have considerable agency in the construction of knowledge, understanding, or interpretation. In other words, they have considerable “interpretive authority” for evaluating the plausibility or validity of participants responses.
Discussion is important to learning in all disciplines because it helps students process information rather than simply receive it. Leading a discussion requires skills different from lecturing. The goal of a discussion is to get students to practice thinking about the course material. A classroom discussion is a sustained exchange between and among teachers and. their students with the purpose of developing students' capabilities or skills and/or. expanding students' understanding—both shared and individual—of a. specific concept or instructional goal.
-Benefits of Discussion
-Increase student learning.
-Motivate students.
-Support teachers in understanding and assessing student thinking.
-Shift the mathematical authority from teacher (or textbook) to community
-Effective Classroom Discussions
-Listen, Attend, Apprehend.
-Clarify What Students Mean.
-Give Students Time.
-Appreciate Students' Ideas.
-Accept Lack of Closure.
-Balanced Classroom Instruction.