Sentences with phrase «productive classroom conversations»

Several of the videos explore ways that teachers can lead productive classroom conversations across controversial or challenging topics.

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For a classroom of preschoolers, having interactive group conversations and setting up role - playing scenarios that focus on basic differences and similarities are healthy, productive ways to address false stereotypes, and may even help prevent potential discrimination and bullying, Eusebio says.

Bermudez believes that this research could provide teachers more ways of engaging students in productive conversations about controversial issues without reaching a wall because a classroom conversation can't move forward.

Our lesson designs and assessments must support our primary goal: that these discussions lead students to increased autonomy in sustaining classroom conversations as part of everyday practice so that they can leverage these skills and dispositions to become actively engaged and productive participants in our national civic discourse.

Unless a teacher has already established a trusting, safe classroom culture, productive conversations about sensitive and emotional topics just aren't possible.

Instead, it is a tool to a) record research - based practices observed during classroom instruction (or students» independent use or application of those practices), b) identify practices in need of refinement, c) guide productive conversations between instructional leaders and teachers, and d) inform professional development needs.

Facing History teachers have found that establishing and nurturing classroom norms of respect and openmindness is one way to help students have productive, safe conversations about these concepts.