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a profound shift from delivery of information to partnership
Conversation Classrooms focuses on creating partnerships with students through conversation. In a conversation classroom, thinking becomes more important than absorbing. Teachers shift away from one-way teaching and invoke two-way teaching where teachers and students can learn together.
1. Conversations: The center of successful schools -- 2. Reflections: Pondering possibilities -- 3. Musings: The wisdom of contemplating ideas -- 4. Letter Writing: The power of pause -- 5. Building Trust & Respect: A plan for better schools.