Developing Student Discourse • Sesson 1 Preview

1.03 · Overview of the Course

There are eight course sessions in total. We recommend that you complete sessions at a pace of one per week to provide time to try out practices before moving to the next session. If your schedule is constrained, completing one session every other week is also fine. Momentum may be lost if you move through the course at a slower pace.

Session 1 Classroom Discourse: What and Why?
Session 2 Creating Shared Expectations
Session 3 Structures and Routines for Discourse
Session 4 Getting Students to Talk… and to Listen
Session 5 Upping the Ante: Pressing for Reasoning and Building Interactive Discussion
Session 6 Development of Students’ Discourse Skills
Session 7 How Do We Link Talking to Learning Throughout the School Day?
Session 8 Visible Markers of High Quality Student Discourse: Five Vital Actions