Not all conversation is equal, either; striving for high quality discussions, rather than casual conversation, around political and social issues becomes key; to develop democratic citizens who have the capacity to think critically about issues, research multiple perspectives, then engage in respectful discourse is the goal.
"It's a question of a board engaging in high-quality discussion".
So while there is some truly awful content out there, there are, for instance, some high-quality discussion programs on the news channels and some superb op-ed writers for the mainstream broadsheet dailies.
The classroom space was inadequate for the class size, which contributed to poor conditions for high-quality discussion, particularly given the teacher's lack of experience in managing classroom dynamics.
Most importantly, the evidence presented in this paper supports a critical role for the instructor in stimulating high-quality discussions of clicker questions.
However, lack of comprehension of common prostate cancer terms, especially among low-literacy populations, as well as a lack of time during clinic visits, are key barriers to high-quality discussions [ 4, 5].
However, when the instructor used reasoning cues, students engaged in significantly more high-quality discussions that included exchanges of warrants (level 3) than when the instructor cued students to focus on the answer.
With a large group, maintaining high-quality discussions and finding a place to meet both become concerns.
Here's Stern's piece: I agree with Robert Socolow that scientists could do better at encouraging a high quality of discussion about climate change.
Learner attitudes towards Face-to-face support were reported at 88% showing that the sessions were enjoyable experiences (89%) with high quality class discussions (86%) and therefore recommended that the sessions should continue in blended learning (89%).
