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Classroom Discussion: a method of research for teachers?
Author(s) -
Solomon Joan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192850110207
Subject(s) - explication , subject (documents) , class (philosophy) , educational research , reflection (computer programming) , process (computing) , mathematics education , psychology , teaching method , constraint (computer aided design) , research methodology , epistemology , pedagogy , sociology , computer science , mechanical engineering , population , philosophy , demography , library science , engineering , programming language , operating system
This new methodology, in common with many others, arises as much out of the constraint of practicalities as from the nature of the research questions being considered. It is located within the classroom and attempts to examine the class consensus. Inevitably the method affects both the nature of the data collected and the thoeretical stance adopted for its explication. This paper describes both of these aspects as well as methods for analysing the discussion process and presenting the results. The subject also calls for a consideration, however brief, of the nature of teachers' reflection on their work, the social interactions that influence classroom discussion, and the different kinds of knowledge which may be elicited by either a solitary or a social method of exploration.