10. TEA PARTY (Discussion, Questioning, Collaboration)
Description: Students communicate by reflecting and sharing information with each other.
Application: This protocol encourages and generates discussion about a topic and is best used with large groups.
Process: Write a question or a quotation about the topic on index cards, having enough for each student, and place the cards in a box or on a table. Direct the students to select one card and write a reflection on its content and its relationship to them personally. Tell students to mingle and share quotation or question and reflections from their cards in pairs (three to five minutes per pair, fifteen minutes total). Have students then form triads or quads to further discuss the topic and implications for them. End activity with a whole group share session.
Description: Students communicate by reflecting and sharing information with each other.
Application: This protocol encourages and generates discussion about a topic and is best used with large groups.
Process: Write a question or a quotation about the topic on index cards, having enough for each student, and place the cards in a box or on a table. Direct the students to select one card and write a reflection on its content and its relationship to them personally. Tell students to mingle and share quotation or question and reflections from their cards in pairs (three to five minutes per pair, fifteen minutes total). Have students then form triads or quads to further discuss the topic and implications for them. End activity with a whole group share session.
References and/or for more information:
10. Tea Party
Bambino, D. National School Reform Faculty. http://www.mcte.org/resources/beers.html
10. Tea Party
Bambino, D. National School Reform Faculty. http://www.mcte.org/resources/beers.html