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    CultivatingEquitableStudentcenteredDiscussions:

    SamaraFrancisco
    HighTechHighGraduateSchoolofEducation
    TeacherLeadershipResident,MastersofEducationCandidate
    May2016

    INTRODUCTION:
    Inmysixyearsofteaching,Ihavedoneverywellatgettingstudentstocomplyordiscipliningthose
    whodidnot.Recently,IhavebeguntowonderhowIcouldchallengemystudentstodothingsnotjustbecause
    theyhadto,butbecausetheytrulywantedto.Onesuchareastudentscoulddemonstratethismoreauthentic
    manneroflearningandengagementisthroughdiscussion:namelystudentfacilitateddiscussionsinwhich
    studentsvalueandhearallvoices.IadmitthatasateacherIhavefailedtoconsistentlyandthoroughlycreate
    richenvironmentsinwhichconversationsamongstthestudentscanflow.IbelieveIcanbestdevelopasan
    educatorbyexaminingthewaysinwhichIstructurediscussionsinmyclass.
    AsanEnglishteacher,Iusediscussionfrequentlyhowever,whengoneunchecked,discussionsarean
    instructionalstrategyparticularlypronetoallowingexistingsocialorderstoreproducethemselvesandto
    discouragingfullparticipationofeveryoneintheclass.Evenatheterogeneousschoolsinwhichindividuals
    valuediversityandcelebratedifference,thesamestereotypicallyquietvoicesfadeintothebackground,while
    thesameassertivevoicesdominatetheconversations.Astudentsabilitytoarticulatetheirthoughtstoagroup
    andparticipateindiscussionisrelevantnotonlyforsuccessinhighschoolandincollege,butalsoforsuccess
    inworkplaces.Ifschoolsarecommittedtopreparingstudentsforcollegeandcareers,thendiscussionneedsto
    beanintentionalfocusofeveryteacherspractice.
    TheparticularissueIamconcernedwithisachievingmoreequitablediscussionsamongthestudents,
    intermsoftimetalked,qualityofresponse,studentgeneratedquestions,andstudentfacilitationofthe
    discussion.Iseektoexplorethefollowingresearchquestion:
    Howdowecreateequitablestudentled
    classroomdiscussionswherestudentsarefacilitatingandallstudentsareengaged?

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