Skillful Paraphrasing Allows Groups to Examine What Is Beig Said
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2006URL:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/garmston273.pdfAbstract:
Many teacher leaders find themselves thrust into a facilitation role during faculty meetings and professional development events. If you fit that description, you need to make friends with Robert J. Garmston. The author of numerous books and articles on professional collaboration, including "The Adaptive School," Garmston writes a regular column in the Journal of Staff Development. His latest entry (Summer 2006) examines "paraphrasing," which Garmston believes is "an underappreciated skill essential to superb facilitation." Skillful paraphrasing "holds conversations together by serving as the glue and connection among ideas. It opens avenues of understanding among participants. It can slow conversations when haste might lead to misunderstanding, and it is a fundamental tool in resolving conflict." Read more of Garmston's "GroupWise" columns at: http://snipurl.com/RGgroupwise -- and you'll soon be a true leader of collaborative groups!
Garmston, R.J. (2006). Skillful paraphrasing allows groups to examine what is being said. Journal of staff development (Vol. 27 No. 3, Summer 2006). Retrieved from the National Staff Development Council 13 May 2008. http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/garmston273.pdf
