Reply #59: But Professor

[Yupster]

When I taught high school history, I fostered discusiion by giving the facts or both sides and then got the discussion going.

I would think that once the teacher gives his opinion, then you're much less likely to get a good discussion going.

There is such a discrepency of power that few students are going to want to offer their views contrary to the teachers's views, especially if he's a popular teacher.

If he wanted the kids to think and discuss, offering his own opinion forcefully is certainly not a smart way to do that.