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Peer reviewedLusk, Amy B.; Weinberg, Adam S. – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Maintains that efforts to initiate classroom discussions of controversial topics often provoke uncomfortable silence. Describes a classroom exercise that encourages students to analyze from a sociological perspective classroom dynamics that make discussion difficult. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
