Too often teachers are told to increase engagement with students but at the same time the adult meetings are not engaging at all. What if we could accomplish both?
Here are 6 steps to increase adult engagement in PLC's, department meetings or the dreaded faculty meetings by using reciprocal teaching which then can be used in classrooms!
Step 1 - What should we focus on?
Step 2 - Find an Article!
Step 3 - Role Play!
Step 4 - Discuss in your Group!
Step 5 - Discuss as a larger group!
Step 6 - Try it out!
Reciprocal Teaching as a Discussion Technique. What does it look like?
# 4 students read and discuss a text
# Test is segmented into 3-5 short passages
# Students are assigned 1 of 4 specific roles:
# Summarizer - helps groups identify key points
# Clarifier - invites questions about confusing
# Questions - Poses questions to confirm understanding
# Predictor - Encourages speculation about information the next passage may reveal
Peter DeWitt ,"Using reciprocal teaching to help faculty meetings become more engaging" As originally published on YouTube,11/01/2020 ,https://youtu.be/_ON7pIKV_rE
