Discussion-based Teaching

I'm a proponent of teaching styles that promote interaction between the teacher and the students. Engaged people learn better, and learn more.

I'm not advocating an opinion-fest where someone is just facilitating a dialogue. Teaching still needs to happen. The teacher is responsible for structuring the overall lesson, understand the objectives, and using interaction tools (like discussion around a point or issue) to move people in the right direction.

Kenneth O. Gangel has a nice article, "Teaching by Discussion" that's worth reading, especially the section on Principles.