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McLaughlin, Conor P.; Newman, Christopher B. – About Campus, 2018
As higher education professionals, we all wield power to shape the educational environment for our students. Conor P. McLaughlin and Christopher B. Newman use the metaphor of the superhero, whose power has the potential to be both democratic or fascist, to consider how we use our power as higher education professionals. More specifically, they…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Role, Educational Environment, World Views

Brotherson, Mary Jane – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
Focus group interviewing is presented as an interactive method of conducting qualitative research with potential applications in early intervention. A six-component process to guide focus group research involves formulate research questions, select participants, develop protocol, conduct focus groups, analyze data, and report the findings.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Group Discussion

Christensen, Norman F. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1991
Assails the problem of emphasizing "don'ts" in freshman English composition courses. Suggests remedies for negativism in teaching and calls for "delight" as a professional goal for freshman writing. Offers suggestions on selecting textbooks, maximizing student interaction in class, and bringing teacher writing into the…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Freshman Composition, Group Discussion, Higher Education
Klinger-Vartabedian, Laurel C. – 1982
Group settings offer the elderly a unique outlet for interpersonal communication and can alleviate social isolation and aloneness. Group cohesiveness and instillation of hope are two curative factors in the group setting. Persons working with the elderly must be aware of their special problems and also be sensitive to their own age bias. Group…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Communication Skills, Group Counseling
Rogers, Curtis R. – 1998
This paper examines the importance of the electronic community and its conversation for educators. Highlights include: (1) connections in electronic communities, including listservs, World Wide Web-based discussion groups, and the "conversational web"; (2) cyber-collaborative learning, including virtual classrooms, developing student…
Descriptors: Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Richards, Cameron – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2006
For various reasons many teachers struggle to harness the powerful informational, communicative and interactive learning possibilities of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in general. This is perhaps typified by how e-learning platforms and web portals are often used mainly as repositories for content and related online discussion…
Descriptors: Interaction, Internet, Technology Integration, Discussion Groups