Open AccessActive Learning with Silent Participation
Author(s) -
Andrea Dreyfuss
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.54935/apll2021-01-10-110
Subject(s) - silence , facilitation , psychology , bridge (graph theory) , communication , linguistics , social psychology , aesthetics , art , medicine , neuroscience , philosophy
Silence by participants in peer-led learning sessions is often viewed as lack of engagement and interpreted as lack of participation or interest. This paper addresses facets of silence, suggesting linguistic, cultural, and other reasons for quietude, and provides methods of facilitation that incorporate silence to give voice to noiseless participation as a bridge to learning.