Suggestion 180. Set up student panels

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Give interesting and stimulating assignments

• Create opportunities for students to learn from one another

Setting up student panels.

One faculty member in the social sciences organizes the term as a series of student-led discussions. "I believe students can teach themselves a great deal; therefore I do not play an active role in the student-led discussions. My role should be to serve as organizer and facilitator."

In the first week students select the topic and the date of their presentation. Generally there are three to four students per topic. Outside class, the students meet as a group with the faculty member to discuss how they might organize their topic for presentation and discussion. It is up to the students to select whatever format they wish for their presentation.

"In the past, students have conducted a debate, performed a skit, or simply led a discussion about the topic," he says. "They not only learn a lot about the topic; the students really get to know one another in the course of preparing their presentations."

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  Discipline:  None
Course Level:  None
 Course Size:  Under 50-60
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