The smaller the number of people gathered in one place to
address a common topic, the less likely any one of them
will ignore the others; the more likely everyone will feel
accountable to each other as well as to what's said. That
seems generalizable to me -
What do you think?
- Judy
> Dewey, I agree with you here! The process of engaging students in
>meaning-making is what it's all about, and that process is not
>isomorphic with a given instructional format (e.g., lecture vs.
>seminar). I wonder, however, if certain formats are more conducive
>to this process than other formats--or can we really make no
>such general statements? I've always felt that a seminar format
>is more conducive to student engagement than a lecture format;
>of course, engagement or nonengagement can occur in either setting,
>but is it more likely to occur in a seminar than in a lecture--or
>are all such attempts to generalize specious?
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> Robin
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Judy Diamondstone
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
10 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu
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