To encourage dialogue between student teachers and college faculty, the Carolina Colloquy for University Teaching, an organization of the 16 public universities in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system, designed a 1-day, systemwide conference on building bridges (11th, Winston-Salem, NC, March 19, 1999). The goals were to provide an…

This paper focuses on the speaking proficiency of advanced foreign language learners. It looks at performance on two different tasks: oral presentations and group discussions. Success in giving an oral presentation in front of an audience is assessed with the help of evaluations, which are then measured against various linguistic phenomena…

This booklet, developed by England's Department for Education and Employment, provides information and teaching strategies to support the teaching of speaking and listening skills and develop confidence as speakers and listeners, by providing models, carefully planned activities and tasks that promote different kinds of talk and listening, and…

Two methods for promoting peer collaboration among students conducting research were examined. Student interaction was structured using either computer-mediated conferencing or the fishbowl technique. Both techniques produced similar levels of student participation. Questionnaire results indicated that the fishbowl technique was perceived as…

This discussion guide considers the issues of racism and race relations in the nation and in its communities and recognizes the importance of public dialogue as a critical step in making progress on those issues. The discussion guide is designed to help organize and facilitate the kind of dialogue about racism and race relations that can make a…

Educators concerned with the preparation of adults are aware that students engage in lengthy discussions with their peers. Increasingly, this is encouraged in educational settings through formal pedagogy. However, little is known about its value to adult cognition. In a phenomenological study investigating the professional development of degree…

This paper provides practical advice for making online discussions educationally durable. This advice focuses on all stages of online discussions from designing the assignment guidelines through summative evaluation. While this practical advice is grounded in the author's experience, it is more substantively grounded in a framework defining…

This study involved a teaching experiment in which academic argumentation was practiced during a ten-week email course in a Finnish university. During the course, two working methods were used: free debate and role play. The aim of the study was to clarify how these two working methods activated students in mutual argumentative dialogue and…

Describes six types of critique hours that can be used as a forum for the interchange of ideas among students. Through their own self-appraisal students gain a respect for each others' attitudes, philosophies, creativity, and other attributes. (JR)

In order to help children obtain a more realistic knowledge and a healthier understanding of what racial and ethnic identities mean author presents projects for expanding student awareness of different ethnic groups. (Author/RK)

A discussion of weekly meetings by an interracial group of high school students who considered personal responsibility toward the problems of civil rights and racial equality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (New York, New York, 1969). (JM)