Middle-Secondary:
Peggy Albers: critical literacy, content literacy
Beverly Ann Chin: collaborative learning, reading and writing workshops
Thomas McCann: classroom talk, encouraging authentic discussion for learning
Jeffrey Golub: classroom environment, developing students speaking and listening skills
Michael W. Smith: classroom discussion and discourse; inquiry curriculum
Jeffrey Wilhelm: questioning and classroom talk; developing an inquiry curriculum
Workshop Descriptions
The Discussion-Based Classroom as a Key to High Achievement
Presenter: Thomas McCann
Audience: 6–12 Teachers
The workshop will reveal strategies for inviting and facilitating authentic discussion in the English classroom. The workshop activities will illustrate how engagement in authentic discussion helps students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to work with challenging texts and complex writing assignments