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ERIC Number: EJ444208
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Voices of Authority.
Davis, Judith Rae
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v19 n2 p113-22 May 1992
Describes aspects of a year-long classroom research project designed to explore ways to teach discussion skills. Points out how teacher authority and gender roles influence classroom interaction. Maintains that analyzing their own discourse, students can learn about the authority they must assume (and its nuances) to participate in classroom discussion. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Power Structure, Sex Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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