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Effectively Engaging Students in Collaborative Discussions: Building comprehension through listening and speaking
Presenter
Paul Boyd‐Batstone, Ph.D. is a professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education at California State University, Long Beach. He has worked for over 30 years with diverse student populations and teacher development at all levels. His experience extends from Spanish bilingual education to Cambodian, Khmer/English, literacy development. He is the author of a number of books on English language development, early literacy for English language learners, classroom assessment, and the theoretical intersection of language acquisition and reader response. His latest books are Teaching ELLs to Read: Strategies to Meet the Common Core, K‐5, published by Routledge (2015); and Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common Core: Assessment and Instructional Strategies, K‐12, Routledge/Eye on Education (2013).
The Idea This webinar address effective student engagement in collaborative discussions is three parts. The first part discusses the essential components of collaborative discussions about a text, including building on others' ideas, being prepared to discuss, following agreed upon rules, posing questions, and summarizing the discussion. The second part examines effective strategies and unhelpful practices when working with language learners. The third and final part provides a practical activity using a collaborative interviewing technique to engage all learners in effective discussions of a text.
Why it Matters Engaging students in quality discussions about informational or literary texts requires effective instructional practices that foster idea sharing, inquiry, and the ability to summarize. These are real‐ world skills that promote listening, speaking, and critical thinking beyond the walls of the classroom.
What do we know? Successful people apply a range of skills including creative exploration and analytical thinking as a matter of habit. Forming habits of mind (Costa & Kallick, 2000) that are conducive to a 21st Century skill set involves listening, speaking, thinking critically and imaginatively, and using current tools of technology. Thinking out loud can be mediated and developed through collaborative discussions that include sharing ideas, rules for discussion, language support, inquiry, analysis, and using digital tools to synthesize our thinking (Greenstien, 2012).
Agenda
12.55pm‐1.00pm. Technical Test 1.00pm‐1.05pm Introduction about the Inter‐American Teacher Education Network (ITEN) 1.05pm‐1.45pm Specialist Presentation 1.45pm‐2.00pm Q&A ******Time Expressed in Local Time of Washington, DC UTC/GMT ‐ 4h (Eastern Daylight Time)******
