what is the difference between reporting in class and a class discussion?

Question

hello, belated merry xmas!=) i'm a freshman high school student (13 yrs old). i will be doing a report about drama in the next two weeks. this has not been my first time for i have been assigned to report several times already. but i'd like to know the difference between a report and a class discussion aside from the fact that a report is done by a student and a class discussion is usually done by a teacher.

i've been assigned as a student teacher for two days during our celebrating of the teacher's day. my teacher told me that i should act just the way i do when i'm reporting in class; confident and relaxed. but she said that since i'm the teacher, i won't be just reporting, i will be doing a class discussion. but i was not able to ask her what is the difference because she was in a hurry.

so, as i have stated earlier, i am interested to know the difference between doing a class discussion by teachers and a report done by a student. like, what are the to do's and not to do's? or how do you distinguish a report from a class discussion? how should a report done by a student different from a class discussion? are they similar in some ways? i've tried to google this but unfortunately, i have found no results.

oh and, since i'll be reporting drama in the next two weeks, could you also kindly give me tips of what i should do? should i use a projector screen and an LCD projector for my visual aids? (descriptions and sample videos i.e. a 10-minute scene from romeo and juliet) should i give hand-outs after my report? if i'm going to distribute hand-outs to my classmates, i'm planning on distributing them after my report so that i will be able to have their whole attention. i wouldn't want some of my classmates to be reading the handouts already instead of listening to my report..

thanks!=)

Answer 1

Class discussion isn't necessarily done by the teacher.



A report is one student telling the rest of the class what he/she has learned. A class discussion is often led by someone (can be a teacher or student), but everyone gets to input what they know.

Answer 2

Hi Sunshine,

It sounds to me as though you're well on your way to a successful student-teaching experience. I like your idea of withholding the hand-outs till after you concluded. One other thought on that... tell the class that you'll be giving them a handout that includes the highlights of your presentation. Nothing's worse then taking notes on a talk and then having the presenter give a hand-out covering the same points. A class discussion is just what it says... a discussion. Your job is to ask some provocative questions and get a class discussion going. Try to avoid calling on people if possible. Let the discussion be spontaneous. You might stop from time to time and summarize what you think the class is saying. Use a topical outline to which you can refer when moving through the material. You can combine your reporting with the discussion format. Stop after each major topic in the report and allow say 5 minutes for discussion of what you just presented. Good luck.

P.S. While anyone in class could hypothetically lead a class discussion, in this case Sunshine has been assigned the task of being the teacher [leader] of the class and both undertaking a report AND conducting a class discussion. My thought is to combine the two. Regards.

Answer 3

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