One of a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, this learning module deals with conducting group discussions, panel discussions, and symposia. It consists of an introduction and five learning experiences. Covered in the first module are techniques and procedures for conducting all three types of discussions. The second, third, and fourth learning experiences involve making a critique of the performance of hypothetical teachers in three case studies describing a group discussion, a panel discussion, and a symposium. In order to complete the final learning experience, students must conduct a group discussion, a panel discussion, and a symposium in an actual teaching situation. Each learning experience contains an enabling objective, an overview, one or more learning activities, and a feedback instrument (either a self-check or a teacher performance assessment form). (MN)