Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom
encourages and supports classroom discussion on a range of topics,
enabling children to develop the important life-skill of effective
group communication. Children who can explain their own ideas and
take account of the points of view and reasons of others are in the
process of becoming truly educated. This book offers a
straightforward way of teaching children discussion skills within
the framework of a creative curriculum.
The book provides an introduction on how to help children learn
the skills of group discussion, offering six essential Talk Lessons
to use in the classroom, alongside suggestions on how teachers can
plan their lessons with a talk focus, set learning outcomes and
create their own Talking Points to suit topics they are teaching.
The main body of the book contains the Talking Points resources
which are an excellent, tried and tested way of stimulating and
supporting extended talk about a topic. The Talking Points in this
book offer model for teachers to create further Talking Points for
their own classes. The Talking Points included here offer
discussion in several curriculum areas including: -
- Science
- Literacy
- Philosophy and creativity for children
- History
- Mathematics
- Art and Music
This invaluable book offers engaging, stimulating and thought
provoking ideas for children to pit their wits against, promoting
skills in discussion, analysis, reasoning and interaction. It is
highly beneficial reading for teachers working in Key Stage 2, head
teachers and those responsible for staff development, as well as
students on teacher training courses and graduate training
programmes.
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